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The deltas of Tamil Nadu in southern part of India have several ports that acted as nodes of maritime networks.
Evidence of prehistoric hunter-gatherers is found in the Tamiraparani delta in the red sand dunes of Teri in the form
of microliths. In…

This paper deals with the utility, valorization, and sustainable development of underwater cultural
heritage in the Indian Ocean region. We outline how the process of valorizing underwater cultural
heritage has been undertaken in this specific…

Due to frequent naval battles and inclement weather conditions, Mauritius has been the site of an extensive number
of shipwrecks. Research-based on historical and archival sources carried out over more than thirty years seeks to
record this…

The eastern coast of Sri Lanka is considered to be the coastal region from the Kokilai lagoon in the north to Panama
in the south. The coastal region has been used for various activities with various marine relations since the BC
period. The…

Coastal communities of the east African coast have, for millennia, traded with the Far East, the Mediterranean
Region, India and the Red Sea going back to at least the first millennium BCE or before. These trade links across the
Indian Ocean…