Archives of societies and historical climatology in East and Southeast Asia

• Main Authors: WILLIAMSON, Fiona, PEI, Qing
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Historical climatology; archives; Asia; Asian History; Asian Studies; Environmental Sciences; Place and Environment
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3254; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4511/viewcontent/PAGESmagazine_2020_2__40_41.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Major sources of social archives for paleoclimatology in East and Southeast Asia include ancient annals and chronicles, instrumental records from government, military or missionary bodies, and private records such as diaries. Records are rich but scattered and of inconsistent quality, often requiring different forms of cross-validation and homogenization from those in the Western world. This article discusses these source types.