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Star anise from a fifteenth century Indonesian shipwreck

Castillo, Cristina Cobo; Fahy, Brian; Fuller, Dorian Q; (2022) Star anise from a fifteenth century Indonesian shipwreck. Archaeology in Oceania , 57 (3) pp. 214-222. 10.1002/arco.5275.

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Abstract

Maritime trade routes in Southeast Asia date to at least the last millennium BC evidenced by excavations of port-cities, entrepôts and early coastal polities in Peninsular Thailand, the Mekong Delta and Island Southeast Asia. This trade network intensified over the next millennium and by the fifteenth century, the number of trade goods throughout Medieval Southeast Asia was prolific. The bulk of studied material comprises trade ceramics, particularly in archaeological investigations of shipwreck cargoes which provide information on regional trading patterns. Although ceramic assemblages constitute the bulk of shipwreck cargo, other types of material have also been found, including the spice star anise. In this paper, we focus on the organic contents from two jars found in the Bakau shipwreck dating to the early fifteenth century AD. The finds are significant as this spice (star anise, Illicium verum) is being transported together with items of high value for trade.

Type: Article
Title: Star anise from a fifteenth century Indonesian shipwreck
DOI: 10.1002/arco.5275
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1002/arco.5275
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
Keywords: Illicium verum, spice trade, archaeobotany, Southeast Asia, Ming Dynasty, Bakau shipwreck, commerce des epices, archeobotanique, Asie du Sud-Est, dynastie Ming, l'epave de Bakau
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10158460
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