Scholarship on the ancient Indian Ocean, which stretches deep into the previous century, is
available from an array of academic disciplines including but not limited to history …

An adhesive is any substance that bonds different materials together. This broad definition
includes materials used in everything from hafted stone tools to monumental architecture. In …

A total of 146 glass samples from Daoye, Daoye South, and Wujiancuo in southwestern
Taiwan were subjected to elemental analysis using LA-ICP-MS and SEM–EDS. These …

Abstract During the Classical Period (300 BC–400 AD), the Indian Ocean emerged as one of
the largest hubs of ancient international trade. For a long period, these contacts were …

Abstract This paper situates Eastern Africa in the early maritime trade of the Indian Ocean,
reviewing evidence for connections from Egypt and Red Sea, the Gulf, and Southeast Asia …

This paper concerns Sasanian to Early Islamic period transport containers, usually lined with
bitumen, known as Torpedo jars. Widely distributed throughout the western Indian Ocean …

Research into bitumen‐lined 'torpedo jars', widely distributed throughout the Gulf and the
Indian Ocean between the third and ninth centuries CE, has developed considerably in …

Bitumen from north-eastern Mesopotamian seeps was exchanged across the Tigris and the
Euphrates in antiquity. Nonetheless, recent research proposed a decline in its trade during …

Thirty-six bituminous samples from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic site of Nahal Efe (8000–7700
cal. BCE, Negev, Israel) were analysed to determine their origins. Most samples are …

Ship timbers were discovered during the excavation of the Islamic site of al-Balīd recycled in
the buildings of its citadel and the Great Mosque. These fragments stripped from the hulls of …