The Maritime Silk Road: Global Connectivities, Regional Nodes, Localities

The Maritime Silk Road Foregrounds The Numerous Networks That Have Been Woven Across Oceanic Geographies, Tying World Regions Together Often Far More Extensively Than Land-based Routes. On The Strength Of The New Data Which Has Emerged In The Last Two Decades In The Form Of Archaeological Findings, As Well As New Techniques Such As Gis Modelling, The Authors Collectively Demonstrate The Existence Of A Very Early Global Maritime Trade. From Architecture To Cuisine, And Language To Clothing, Evidence Points To Early Connections Both Within Asia And Between Asia And Other Continents-well Before European Explorations Of The Global South. The Human Stories Presented Here Offer Insights Into Both The Extent And Limits Of This Global Exchange, Showing How Goods And People Travelled Vast Distances, How They Were Embedded In Regional Networks, And How Local Cultures Were Shaped As A Result.--page [4] Of Cover. The Maritime Silk Road : An Introduction / Franck Billé, Sanjyot Mehendale, And James Lankton -- Global Connectivities. Spaces, Places And Things : The Spatial Dimension Of Early Indian Ocean Exchange / Eivind Heldaas Seland -- Open Space And Flexible Borders : Theorizing Maritime Space Through Premodern Sino-islamic Connections / Hyunhee Park -- From Regional To Global : Early Glass And The Development Of The Maritime Silk Road / James W. Lankton -- Regional Nodes. Archaeological Evidence Of Shipping And Shipbuilding Along The Maritime Silk Road / Jun Kimura -- Networks And Cultural Mapping Of South Asian Maritime Trade / Ariane De Saxcé -- Southern Africa And The Indian Ocean World : Relocating Agency From The Center To The Periphery And From The Maritime Silk Road To The Maritime Ivory Route / Shadreck Chirikure –- Localities. Chinese Ceramics On The Maritime Silk Road : The Importance Of Context / John N. Miksic -- Urban Demographics Along The Asian Maritime Silk Road : Archaeological Small Finds And Settlement Patterns At Premodern Port-settlements Of The Malay Region / Derek Heng -- Indian Ocean Trade Through Buddhist Iconographies / Osmund Bopearachchi. Edited By Franck Billé, Sanjyot Mehendale And James W. Lankton. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Franck Billé Is A Cultural Anthropologist Based At The University Of California, Berkeley, Where He Is Program Director For The Tang Center For Silk Road Studies. Sanjyot Mehendale Is Chair Of The P.y. And Kinmay W. Tang Center For Silk Road Studies And Vice Chair Of The Center For Buddhist Studies At Uc Berkeley. James W. Lankton Is Currently A Senior Research Associate At Ucl Institute Of Archaeology In London And Has Been A Visiting Scholar At The Tang Center For Silk Road Studies, Uc Berkeley.