Penny Van Esterik is Professor Emerita of Anthropology, recently retired from York University, Toronto. She is currently Adjunct Professor at the University of Guelph. Her fieldwork was primarily in Southeast Asia. She consulted with UNICEF, FAO, and IDRC on topics related to food security and infant feeding and has broad interests in the cultural history of Southeast Asia.

• Preface, Acknowledgements, Chapter 1 The Personal Past: Designs on Pots, Chapter 2 The Excavated Past: Grounded Evidence, Chapter 3 The Artistic Past: Aesthetic Preferences, Chapter 4 The Looted Past: On Stealing Pots, Chapter 5 The Fake Past: Forgeries and Souvenirs, Chapter 6 The Packaged Past: Implications for Thai Heritage, Illustrations, Appendix, Index