Early Exchange between Africa and the Wider Indian Ocean World

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Africa and the Early Indian Ocean World Exchange System in the Context ofHuman–Environment Interaction....Pages 1-24
Origins of Southeast Asian Shipping and Maritime Communication Across the Indian Ocean....Pages 25-49
Austronesian Shipping in the Indian Ocean: From Outrigger Boats to Trading Ships....Pages 51-76
Austronesians in Madagascar: A Critical Assessment of the Works of Paul Ottino and Philippe Beaujard....Pages 77-112
Early Greek and Latin Sources on the Indian Ocean and Eastern Africa....Pages 113-134
A GIS Approach to Finding the Metropolis of Rhapta....Pages 135-155
Contact between East Africa and India in the First Millennium CE....Pages 157-171
Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean World in the First Millennium CE: The Glass Bead Evidence....Pages 173-193
Migration and Interaction between Madagascar and Eastern Africa, 500 BCE–1000 CE: An Archaeological Perspective....Pages 195-230
A Genomic Investigation of the Malagasy Confirms the Highland–Coastal Divide, and the Lack of Middle Eastern Gene Flow....Pages 231-254
Intercontinental Networks Between Africa and Asia Across the Indian Ocean: What Do Village Chickens Reveal?....Pages 255-274
East Africa in the Early Indian Ocean World Slave Trade: The Zanj Revolt Reconsidered....Pages 275-303
Back Matter....Pages 305-378