Indo-Arabian stone anchors in the western Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea |
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| Authors: | TOM VOSMER |
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| Institution: | Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle, Australia and Research Institute for Cultural Heritage, Curtin University, Bentley, Perth, Australia |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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