Archaeological Investigations of the Maldives in the Medieval Islamic Period

Ibn Battuta's Island
Herausgeber: Christie, Annalisa; Haour, Anne

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents pioneering research on the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives in the medieval period. Primarily archaeological, the book has an interdisciplinary slant, examining the material culture, history, and environment of the islands.

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Produktdetails

• British Institute in Eastern Africa Memoir
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 297mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9780367762766
• ISBN-10: 0367762765
• Artikelnr.: 68712579

Autorenporträt

Anne Haour is a Professor in the Arts and Archaeology of Africa and Director of the Centre for African Art and Archaeology (CfAAA) at the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. Annalisa Christie is an Assistant Professor in Cultural Heritage at University College Dublin, Ireland.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction: An Archaeological Study of a Maldivian Island 2 An Overview
of Previous Historical and Archaeological Work in the Maldives 3
Approaching the Heritage and Archaeology of Kinolhas 4 Kinolhas: The
Trenches and Stratigraphy 5 The Earthenware Pottery 6 The Glazed Pottery:
Asian and Islamic Imports 7 The Fauna 8 The Small Finds 9 The Archaeology
of the Maldives in the Medieval Period: A Comparative Study 10 Towards an
Archaeology of the Medieval Maldives