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The Archaeology of Knowledge Traditions of the Indian Ocean World (Hardcover)
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The Archaeology of Knowledge Traditions of the Indian Ocean World (Hardcover)
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This book examines knowledge traditions that held together the
fluid and overlapping maritime worlds of the Indian Ocean in the
premodern period, as evident in the material and archaeological
record. It breaks new ground by shifting the focus from studying
cross-pollination of ideas from textual sources to identifying this
exchange of ideas in archaeological and historical documentation.
The themes covered in the book include conceptualization of the
seas and maritime landscapes in Sanskrit, Arabic and Chinese
narratives; materiality of knowledge production as indicated in the
archaeological record of communities where writing on stone first
appears; and anchoring the coasts, not only through an
understanding of littoral shrines and ritual landscapes, but also
by an analysis of religious imagery on coins, more so at the time
of the introduction of new religions such as Islam in the Indian
Ocean around the eighth century. This volume will be of great
interest to researchers and scholars of archaeology, anthropology,
museum and heritage studies, Indian Ocean studies, maritime
studies, South and Southeast Asian studies, religious studies and
cultural studies.
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