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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Pavan, Alexia
• Schenk, Heidrun

Titel

Crossing the Indian Ocean before the Periplus: a comparison of pottery assemblages at the sites of Sumhuram (Oman) and Tissamaharama (Sri Lanka)

Ist Teil von

• Arabian archaeology and epigraphy, 2012-11, Vol.23 (2), p.191-202

Ort / Verlag

Malden: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

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Quelle

Wiley Online Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• There is a long tradition of studies of the Indian Ocean trade focused almost exclusively on the trade between Roman Egypt and India. Less attention has been paid to the formative period of early historical long‐distance trade in the Indian Ocean. The aim of this paper is to discuss some aspects of the development of this trade, based on an analysis of the South Asian pottery found at two different settlements: Sumhuram in the Sultanate of Oman and Tissamaharama in Sri Lanka.