Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology

About the Journal / Journal Information

ISSN : 0974 - 1747

The Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology, founded in 2004, is a peer reviewed international journal of archaeology published by the Centre for Research and Training in History, Archaeology & Palaeo-environment and Indraprastha Museum of Art and Archaeology. Both are wings of the Indian Archaeological Society. The Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology, published annually in print format, presents high quality scholarly research drawing from the Indian Ocean region. Since 2004, the Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology has an impressive editorial board of scholars from India and abroad.

Aims and Scope

The Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology aims to attract latest archaeological field researches and interpretative thought on the human past of the Indian Ocean world, a region stretching from the Red Sea to the south China Sea, incorporating all the old world civilizations like the Egyptian, south Arabian, Mesopotamian, Harappan, Gangetic and Southeast Asian. The scope of the journal is very wide since the Indian Ocean itself is very wide. The seas, the gulfs and the bays of this ocean touch many countries of the northern and southern hemisphere. Apart from the vast Indian coastline, the countries of the east coast of Africa, Arab-Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, the Gulf of Thailand, the Sulawesi Sea and the South China Sea have been major factors in shaping the history of West Asia, South and Southeast Asia as well as the Far East. The Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology emphasizes that the roots of many Asian and African cultures lie deeply buried in the cross-currents of not only trade in material items but also in the movement of peoples with their own technologies and belief systems. The Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology is an Indian journal with an international perspective dealing with the historical processes through which cultures grew in the countries bordering the Indian Ocean from the Red Sea to the South China Sea; the processes which joined them together and made them share each other’s achievements in science and technology, literature and philosophy, social norms and cultural ethos, trading practices and exchange rates and many other items of human endeavor.

Peer Review Statement

All submitted articles are subjected to double peer review system. Therefore the submissions will be sent to at least two independent expert referees of the concerned subject after the initial evaluation by the editor and editorial board in order to publish high quality research material as per the editorial standard of the journal. Therefore, scholars are requested to submit their articles/manuscripts in advance for screening by experts.

Ethics and Publication Policy of the Journal

The Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology is committed to publishing the best quality researches in the history and archaeology of the Indian Ocean world. The publication policy follows the broad editorial approach. Whichever way we may like to look at the problems of Indian history and archaeology, there is absolutely no escape from the fact that they cannot be solved in isolation. We have to take into account the data from all Indian Ocean countries. And that too not only of material items but also of ecological and environmental changes. For example, monsoon, botanical remains, zoological history, dispersals of animals and cereals, and so many others related subjects. There are, therefore, many possibilities in Indian Ocean Archaeology and this effort of ours made at this point of time may one day prove to be a turning point in the history of archaeology in India as well as other Indian Ocean countries.

Editorial Board

Professor Paul Sinclair Emeritus Professor Department of Ancient History and Archaeology University of Uppsala Sweden	Professor Ajit Kumar Department of Archaeology University of Kerala India
Professor Jorgen Christian Meyer Department of Ancient History Bergen University, Norway	Dr. Roberta Tomber Fellow of the British Museum London, UK
Prof. P. Ajithprasad Department of Archaeology and Ancient History Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda Vadodara	Professor Steve Sidebotham Department of History University of Delaware USA
Prof. K. Rajan Department of History Pondicherry University Puducherry	Dr. V. Selvakumar Department of Epigraphy and Archaeology Tamil University Thanjavur, India
Dr. Jonathan Walz Associate Professor and Program Director SIT-Graduate Institute Brattleboro, Vermont USA	Professor Yoshinori Yasuda Director Museum of Natural and Environmental History, Shizuoka Japan
Professor Suchandra Ghosh Department of History University of Calcutta India	Dr. A. S. Gaur National Institute of Oceanography Goa, India
Professor Felix Chami Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies University of Dar es Salaam Tanzania	Professor Surapol Natapintu Silpakorn University Bangkok Thailand