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The Archaeologist In-Between, Olov Janse; 1892�1985

Author

K�ll�n; Anna ; Hegardt; Johan

Year

2021

Publisher

Kriterium

Language

English

Pages

17

ISBN

978-9-17061-305-0

Link

Last Update

28-Oct-2024

Keywords

Archaeology ; Cultural Studies

Description

On a rainy morning in February 1935, Olov Janse travelled by train from Hanoi towards Yunnan-fu¹ with his wife Ronny. Excited and elated, they had just arrived for the first time in Indochina and were ready to start excavating. But a typhoon with heavy rains held them up, and they passed the time with a three-day journey on the modern railway connecting the French colony with China. French officials had arranged so they could travel in style in the railway company’s saloon car, without having to leave the train and resort to the simple – “very Chinese” – accommodation offered at the...

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