TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- LIST OF TABLES -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I -- THE DAWN OF HUMANITY IN SUMATRA -- THE NEOLITHIC IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SUMATRA -- HIGHLAND-LOWLAND CONNECTIONS IN JAMBI, SOUTH SUMATRA, AND WEST SUMATRA, 11TH TO 14TH CENTURIES -- PART II -- IS THERE A BATAK HISTORY? -- CERAMICS, CLOTH, IRON, AND SALT -- ETHNICITY AND COLONIZATION IN NORTHEAST SUMATRA -- THE ROLE OF LOCAL INFORMANTS IN THE MAKING OF THE IMAGE OF "CANNIBALISM" IN NORTH SUMATRA -- PART III -- THE MEGALITHS AND THE POTTERY -- ADITYAWARMAN'S HIGHLAND KINGDOM -- TAMBO KERINCI -- PIAGAM SERAMPAS -- SETTLEMENT HISTORIES OF SERAMPAS -- SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND MOBILITY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- KERINCI'S LIVING PAST -- KERINCI TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE -- THE MEANING OF THE RAINFOREST FOR THE SUKU ANAK DALAM IN JAMBI -- PART IV -- MOUNDS, TOMBS, AND TALES -- SOUTHEAST SUMATRA IN PROTOHISTORIC AND SRIVIJAYA TIMES -- FROM BUKIT SEGUNTANG TO LAHAT -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.