1st Edition
Archaeological Investigations of the Maldives in the Medieval Islamic Period Ibn Battuta’s Island
1 Introduction: An Archaeological Study of a Maldivian Island
Anne Haour
2 An Overview of Previous Historical and Archaeological Work in the Maldives
Shiura Jaufar and Anne Haour
3 Approaching the Heritage and Archaeology of Kinolhas
Annalisa Christie
4 Kinolhas: The Trenches and Stratigraphy
Anne Haour, Annalisa Christie, Shiura Jaufar, and David Vigoureux
5 The Earthenware Pottery
Anne Haour and Shiura Jaufar
6 The Glazed Pottery: Asian and Islamic Imports
Ran Zhang
7 The Fauna
Annalisa Christie
8 The Small Finds
Laure Dussubieux, Anne Haour, St John Simpson, and Marilee Wood
9 The Archaeology of the Maldives in the Medieval Period: A Comparative Study
Annalisa Christie and Shiura Jaufar
10 Towards an Archaeology of the Medieval Maldives
Anne Haour
Biography
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.
‘This landmark volume is the first systematic archaeological monograph devoted to the Maldives, an understudied crossroads of Indian Ocean circulations. Combining rigorous excavation description with substantive discussions of context and historical interpretation, it highlights a history of global connections linking the Maldives to Africa, Arabia, India, and beyond. This book should become a new standard reference for anyone interested in the history of Indian Ocean networks, economic history, and Islamic studies.’
Professor R. Michael Feener, Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies/Director, Maritime Asia Heritage Survey
