Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology (Vol.3: 2006)

ISBN: 9788124607831
Year Of Publication: 2006
Edition: 1st
Pages : vi, 165
Language : English
Binding : Paperback
Publisher: Centre for Research and Training in History, Archaeology and Palaeo-environment
Size: 28 cm.
Weight: 600

Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology was launched in 2003 by one of India’s leading academic institutions, the Centre for Research & Training in History, Archaeology and Palaeo-environment, New Delhi. The second issue is in the Press. The Journal is an outcome of the realization on the part of the international community of archaeologists and historians that India has no journal devoted exclusively to the archaeology of the Indian Ocean Rim countries, starting from the Red Sea through the South China Sea, although Indian occupies the central position in this vast area, with three-fourths of its land facing the gulfs and bays of the Indian Ocean. It is common knowledge that Egypt, Ethiopis, Kenya, Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Bahrain and countries bordering the Persian Gulf, including Iraq and Iran, as well as Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, were closely connected with each other through long-distance sea-borne trade-routes for thousands of years. This particular phenomenon had led to the development of what is now generally called ‘Shared Culture’ with its distinct personality which is Afro-Asian. It is reflected in the material items dug up every year at a number of sites in India and all other countries along the coasts of the Indian Ocean. This journal embodies the results of explorations and excavations conducted by scholars in various countries which witnessed the growth of the personality of the shared culture of the Indian Ocean Rim countries, including the countries of Southwest Asia. It also includes all aspects of cultural, economic and socio-political histories of these countries. The contributors to this journal are from all over the world. It is a MUST for every scholar and layman interested in the history and arachaeology of the coastal countries of the Indian Ocean, from Africa, and West Asia through China.

Editorial
Perspective: Our Concerns: Our Resolve…
— S.P. Gupta
Galpaya Ancient Settlement Survey: The Results of the First Season Conducted in a Newly Discovered Site in Rathnapura District of Sabargamuva Province of Sri Lanka
— R. Somadeva, R. Dissanayake, R. Fernando and S. Ranasinghe
Zanzibar Kuumbi Cave Excavations: Further Preliminary Report
— Felix A. Chami
Angoche and the Indian Ocean: Towards a Historical Archaeology of Local and Global Processes in Northern Mozambique
— Christian Isendahi
The Symbolic and Archaeological Significance of Le Morne Brabant: A Fugitive Slave Site of Mauritius
— Amitava Chowdhury
The Ancient Port at Chaul
— Vishwas Gogte, Shrikant Nanji, Shivendra Kadgaonkar and Vikram Marathe
Marine Archaeological Explorations on the Southwestern Coast of Saurashtra, India
— A.S. Gaur and Sila Tripathi
Indo-Chinese Crossroads: the Assam — Yunnan Axis in the Indian Ocean Interaction Sphere (1st-5th Century CE)
— Sunil Gupta
Roles Played by Two River Valleys of Assam in the Indo-Chinese Trade Network
— Pranab Jyoti Sarma
Stone and Glass Beads of Bronze and Early Iron Age in Cambodia
— Sergey Lapteff
Archaeological Sites in the Indian Ocean Rim — A Growing Database
— A. Avanzini, S. Gaur, Sunil Gupta and Pranab Jyoti Sarma
Notes and News
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Book Reviews