Exploring the history of Southeast Asian astronomy : a review of current projects and future prospects and possibilities / Wayne Orchiston, Mayank N. Vahia, editors.

Intro
Contents
About the Authors
Part I: Introductory Studies
Chapter 1: Exploring the History of Southeast Asian Astronomy: A Checklist of Recent Research Projects and Future Prospects and Possibilities
1.1 Introduction
1.2 A Checklist of Recent Southeast Asian History of Astronomy Projects and Future Research Prospects
1.2.1 Southeast Asia: A Regional View
1.2.1.1 Recent Projects
1.2.1.2 Future Prospects
1.2.2 Myanmar
1.2.2.1 Recent Projects
1.2.2.2 Future Prospects
1.2.3 Thailand
1.2.3.1 Recent Projects
1.2.3.2 Future Prospects
1.2.4 Laos

1.2.4.1 Recent Projects
1.2.4.2 Future Prospects
1.2.5 Cambodia
1.2.5.1 Recent Projects
1.2.5.2 Future Prospects
1.2.6 Vietnam
1.2.6.1 Recent Projects
1.2.6.2 Future Prospects
1.2.7 Malaysia
1.2.7.1 Recent Projects
1.2.7.2 Future Prospects
1.2.8 Singapore
1.2.8.1 Recent Projects
1.2.8.2 Future Prospects
1.2.9 Philippines
1.2.9.1 Recent Projects
1.2.9.2 Future Prospects
1.2.10 Indonesia
1.2.10.1 Recent Projects
1.2.10.2 Future Prospects
1.3 Discussion

1.3.1 How Do We Trigger History of Astronomy Research in Those SEAAN Nations That Currently Are Inactive?
1.3.2 Working Groups and Project Groups of the IAU
1.3.3 Conference Options
1.3.4 Publication Options and Strategies
1.3.5 Graduate Studies in Southeast Asian History of Astronomy Research
1.3.6 A Hypothetical 'Southeast Asian History of Astronomy Hall of Fame'
1.4 Concluding Remarks
References
Chapter 2: Exploring the History of Philippine Astronomy: Catholics, Comets, Eclipses and Ethnoastronomy
2.1 Introduction
2.2 A Changing Environment

2.2.1 Changing Sea Levels
2.2.2 Changing Temperatures and Rainfall
2.2.3 Volcanoes
2.2.4 Cyclones
2.2.5 Earthquakes
2.3 Placing People in this Changing Environment: The Nature of the Evidence
2.4 Changing Populations
2.4.1 The Australo-Melanesians
2.4.2 The Austronesians
2.4.3 The Austro-Asiatics
2.5 Religion and Astronomy in the Philippines
2.5.1 Hinduism
2.5.2 Islam
2.5.3 Christianity and Colonization
2.6 Priority Research Projects for Philippine History of Astronomy
2.6.1 Introduction

2.6.2 Prepare an English Translation of Dante Ambrosio's Book Balatik
2.6.3 Document, Compare and Contrast the Astronomical Systems of the Negritos in the Philippines and Elsewhere in Southeast Asia
2.6.3.1 Introduction
2.6.3.2 Changing Human Ecology and Changing Astronomical Systems
2.6.3.3 Did the Geographical Distribution of Philippine Negritos Change Markedly in Historic Times?
2.6.3.4 Researching Individual Negrito Astronomical Systems
2.6.4 The Philippines and Taiwan: Exploring Ancestral Austronesian Astronomical Systems