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About The Writer
Foo, Shu Tieng is presently a Research Associate at the Archaeology Unit of the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute. She has worked on projects in Cambodia (Cheung Ek Kilng Mong, Don Meas, Phnom Kulen, Koh Ker, Tonle Snguot), Indonesia (Batanghari Riverine project), and Singapore (Tanjong Katong).

She is also a member of the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society and the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association. She was the managing editor of NSC Highlights (June 2016-March 2019), a quarterly newsletter, and an editor for the NSC AU Archaeology Report Series. She has helped to facilitate several field study programmes in Southeast Asia to Cambodia, Thailand, and Indonesia. She has also assisted the Indonesian Studies Cluster ISEAS to set up a GIS database and copyediting.

Educational Background

2010- Master of Arts by Research (Southeast Asian Studies), National University of Singapore

2004 - Bachelor of Arts (Anthropology), New York University

Publications - ORC iD | academia.edu | researchgate.net

Foo, S. T. (2018). "Ancient Money in Southeast Asia: Part 1." NSC Highlights 10 (Sept-Nov). Singapore: Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, pp. 8-13. (iseas.edu.sg)

Foo, S. T. (2018). "Empire Building in Southeast Asia: The Importance of Salt." NSC Highlights 9: 9-14. (iseas.edu.sg)

Foo, S. T. (2018). "Ancient Southeast Asian Polities: A Primer." NSC Highlights 8. Singapore: Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, pp. 9-12. (iseas.edu.sg)

Foo, S. T. (2015). "The Guar Kepah Shell Middens: Evidence and Questions." In Hidalgo Tan, N. (ed.), "Advancing Southeast Asian Archaeology 2013: Selected Papers from the First SEAMEO SPAFA International Conference on Southeast Asian Archaeology, Chonburi, Thailand 2013." Bangkok, Thailand: SEAMEO SPAFA Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts, pp. 114-128; 139.

Foo, S. T. (2014). “Under the spotlight: researchers in the region – Interview with Dr Miksic.” International Institute of Asian Studies Newsletter 67 (Spring), pp. 38. Last retrieved 17th March, 2014, from http://www.iias.nl/sites/default/files/IIAS_NL67_38.pdf

Foo, S. T. (2012). “Archaeologists Discover Southeast Asia’s Largest Ancient Kiln Site at Torp Chey.” International Institute of Asian Studies Newsletter 60 (Summer), pp. 44. Last retrieved 12th June, 2012, from http://www.iias.nl/sites/default/files/IIAS_NL60_FULL.pdf

Foo, S. T. (2010). “Hoabinhian Rocks: An examination of Guar Kepah Artifacts from the Heritage Conservation Centre in Jurong.” Unpublished Master’s Thesis, National University of Singapore.

Conference Papers

Foo, S. T. (2018, 24 Sept.). Risk Sensitive? Coastal-Hinterland Resource Exploitation Patterns during the late Pleistocene to the Middle Holocene in the Straits of Melaka. Paper presented at the 21st Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Huong Giang Hotel and the Century Riverside Hotel, Hue, Vietnam.

Foo, S. T. (2016, 1 Jun.). The Archaeology of Bukit Brown. Paper presented at the SEAMEO-SPAFA 2nd International Conference on Southeast Asian Archaeology, Amari Watergate Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.

Foo, S. T. (2013, May). The Guar Kepah Shell Middens: Evidence and Questions. Paper presented at the SEAMEO-SPAFA 1st International Conference on Southeast Asian Archaeology, Burapha University, Chonburi, Thailand.

Translations (Indonesian to English)

Gunawan, A. (2017). "Manuscript Production and Akṣara Mysticism in the Bhīma Svarga." (S. T. Foo, Trans.).
Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre Working Paper 26. Singapore: Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute. (iseas.edu.sg)

Mundardjito. (2012). The Ecological Considerations For The Placement of Hindu-Buddhist Era Sites In The Region of Yogyakarta: A Macro-Scale Study Using Spatial Archaeology (Summary). (S. T. Foo, Trans.). Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Universitas Indonesia. (Original work submitted in 1993). (academia.edu)

Book Reviews

Foo, S. T. (2012). [Review of Marine Archaeology in Southeast Asia: Innovation and Adaptation, by H. Tan (ed.)] The Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog. Last retrieved 15th Jun., 2012, from http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2012/06/14/review-marine-archaeology-in-southeast-asia/