Asia Pacific Region / Indian Ocean World (Geographic Keyword)
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Mixed Cargos of Glass and Stone Beads of the Indian Ocean World Early Modern Period (2023)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Glass Beads: Global Artefacts, Local Perspectives", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Most literature on beads in the IOW is from very early archaeological sites in South Asia dated to the BCE era. The Indian Ocean World (IOW) encompasses the overarching geographical boundaries of East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. What does the literature indicate for the distribution of...