TY - JOUR
T1 - Reconstruction of the late first millennium AD harbor site of Sembiran and analysis of its tradeware
AU - Calo, Ambra
AU - Moffat, Ian
AU - Bulbeck, Francis
AU - Dupoizat, Marie France
AU - Simyrdanis, Kleanthis
AU - Walker, Chester P.
AU - Bawono, Rochtri Agung
AU - Prasetyo, Bagyo
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The site of Sembiran on the northern coast of Bali was an important trading harbor with demonstrated intensive links to the Indian subcontinent, the Western Indian Ocean, and Mainland Southeast Asia between the second century BC and the second century AD. Using a combination of excavation and geophysical survey, we have newly mapped a dense network of subsurface structures, which we interpret to be foundations for harbor infrastructure dated to the eighth to ninth centuries AD that were subsequently covered by shoreline aggradation. An assemblage of eighth to twelfth centuries AD Chinese tradeware in dated contexts from our excavations of these shoreline structures and additional trenches further inland suggests a renewal in trade activities at Sembiran, coinciding with the growth of Chinese maritime trade in Island Southeast Asia.
AB - The site of Sembiran on the northern coast of Bali was an important trading harbor with demonstrated intensive links to the Indian subcontinent, the Western Indian Ocean, and Mainland Southeast Asia between the second century BC and the second century AD. Using a combination of excavation and geophysical survey, we have newly mapped a dense network of subsurface structures, which we interpret to be foundations for harbor infrastructure dated to the eighth to ninth centuries AD that were subsequently covered by shoreline aggradation. An assemblage of eighth to twelfth centuries AD Chinese tradeware in dated contexts from our excavations of these shoreline structures and additional trenches further inland suggests a renewal in trade activities at Sembiran, coinciding with the growth of Chinese maritime trade in Island Southeast Asia.
U2 - 10.1080/15564894.2020.1749194
DO - 10.1080/15564894.2020.1749194
M3 - Article
VL - 17
SP - 152
EP - 169
JO - Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology
JF - Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology
IS - 1
ER -