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Indo‐Arabian stone anchors in the western Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea
Author(s) -
VOSMER TOM
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
arabian archaeology and epigraphy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.384
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1600-0471
pISSN - 0905-7196
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0471.1999.tb00145.x
Subject(s) - indian ocean , ancient history , provenance , period (music) , oceanography , archaeology , current (fluid) , geography , history , geology , art , paleontology , aesthetics
This paper describes the current state of knowledge in the study of Indo‐Arabian stone anchors in the western Indian Ocean, Red Sea and Arabian Gulf, and speculates on what they may be able to tell us about the provenance, size and handling of Arab and Indian ships and shipping during the period sixth‐sixteenth centuries AD.