Dr Derek Kennet

Derek's research interests include the archaeology of Arabia and the Gulf, South Asia and the western Indian Ocean, mainly in the Early Historic through Late Antique/Early Medieval to the pre-modern period; the archaeology of Islam in the Near East; the Sasanians; the archaeology of trade and economy; archaeological field techniques and landscape archaeology. Derek’s current research focusses on the following areas: 1/ using archaeology to write a quantified history of trade in the Indian Ocean 4th - 17th century AD, concentrating on case studies the Arabian Sea and the Gulf area. 2/ the Early Historic to Early Medieval archaeology of South Asia, especially the northern Deccan. 3/ the archaeology of Arabia in the late pre-Islamic and early Islamic periods.

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