Singapore and the Southeast Asian Maritime Interaction Sphere

Edited by Goh Geok Yian and John Miksic

This is a series of edited conference papers, based on the Singapura Before Raffles conference convened in Singapore in April 2019, by the National Heritage Board, working with Professors John N. Miksic and G.Y. Goh. The intention is to create an edited volume from the pool of papers, updated with new research where relevant.

Table of Contents

1. Speech at the Opening of Singapura before Raffles
by Senior Minister of State Dr Maliki Osman

2. Introduction - Ports, Networks, and Spheres - The Evolution of the Trading System of the South Asian Ocean
by John N. Miksic and G.Y. Goh

3. Cultural Dynamics in the Early Multi-ethnic Ports of the Upper Thai-Malay Peninsula based on Ceramic Analysis
by Aude Favereau and Bérénice Bellina

4. Of Bronzes and Heritage Routes across the Bay of Bengal
by Himanshu Prabha Ray

5. French-Indonesian excavations (2011–2016) at Kota Cina (North Sumatra)
by Daniel Perret, Heddy Surachman, Repelita Wahyu Oetomo, Churmatin Nasoichah, Ery Soedewo, Deni Sutrisna, and Ignatius Mudjiono

6. Shipwreck Archaeology in China—A Case Study of the Nanhai I Shipwreck
by Sun Jian and Xin Guangcan

7. Sisterships - Three 12th Century Southeast Asian Shipwrecks with Chinese Cargoes
by Michael Flecker

8. Rising from Iridescent Sands - Nakhon Si Thammarat, Singapore, and the Srivijayan Network
by Saam Noonsuk

9. Natuna in Cultural and Commercial Global Networks
by Naniek Harkantiningsih

10. Stoneware from Temasek Period Singapore and Kota Cina (North Sumatra)
by Alastair Chi

11. A Tale of Two Sites - Temasek in the Asian Maritime System
by Goh Goek Yian

12. Banten - an Early Islamic Port
by John N. Miksic

13. The Archaeology of 16th–17th-century Johor River and its Relevance to Singapore - Toward a Connected History
by Kwa Chong Guan

14. Singapore and the Straits in Early-Seventeenth-century Maps by Manuel Godinho de Erédia
by Peter Borschberg

15. Gujarat, Coromandel and Nusantara - Trans-Regional Trade and Traders in the Indian Ocean
by Gauri Parimoo Krishnan

16. The Quest for World Heritage Status - The Politics of Heritage Instrumentalisation at the Maritime Port City of Quanzhou in China
by Cai Yunci