This edited volume by Mark Hauser and Julia Jong Haines aims to bring together local narratives within the context of the Indian Ocean in modern times, from c. AD 1500, and establish how these narratives can inform historical archaeology. As the editors highlight in the introductory chapter, historical archaeology has been greatly informed and inspired by the Atlantic world and its colonial histories. Here, they seek instead to foreground the Indian Ocean as a setting for historical archaeology in its own right. The authors use the long and deep history of interconnectedness and trade in this ocean as a basis for understanding more recent history, not just in light of colonial impact but through bottom-up approaches that focus on the local in the global. The case studies in this book and its overall theme are also part of the ongoing process to decentralise Europe in archaeological discourse. The book consists of 11 chapters, including an introductory chapter by Haines and Hauser and two commentaries. The majority of the case studies are from island East Africa or South India, which naturally limits the scope somewhat.

这本由 Mark Hauser 和 Julia Jong Haines 编辑的书旨在将现代印度洋背景下的当地叙事汇集在一起，从 c.公元 1500 年，并确定这些叙述如何为历史考古学提供信息。正如编辑在导言一章中强调的那样，历史考古学在很大程度上受到了大西洋世界及其殖民历史的启发和启发。在这里，他们试图将印度洋本身作为历史考古学的背景。作者利用这片海洋中悠久而深厚的相互联系和贸易历史作为理解近代历史的基础，不仅根据殖民影响，而且通过自下而上的方法，关注全球中的局部性。本书中的案例研究及其总体主题也是正在进行的欧洲考古话语去中心化过程的一部分。本书由 11 章组成，包括 Haines 和 Hauser 的介绍性章节以及两篇评论。大多数案例研究来自东非或南印度岛，这自然在一定程度上限制了范围。