Chapter 1 Africa and the Early Indian Ocean World Exchange System in the Context ofHuman–Environment Interaction

Chapter 2 Origins of Southeast Asian Shipping and Maritime Communication Across the Indian Ocean

Chapter 3 Austronesian Shipping in the Indian Ocean: From Outrigger Boats to Trading Ships

Chapter 4 Austronesians in Madagascar: A Critical Assessment of the Works of Paul Ottino and Philippe Beaujard

Chapter 5 Early Greek and Latin Sources on the Indian Ocean and Eastern Africa

Chapter 6 A GIS Approach to Finding the Metropolis of Rhapta

Chapter 7 Contact between East Africa and India in the First Millennium CE

Chapter 8 Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean World in the First Millennium CE: The Glass Bead Evidence

Chapter 9 Migration and Interaction between Madagascar and Eastern Africa, 500 BCE–1000 CE: An Archaeological Perspective

Chapter 10 A Genomic Investigation of the Malagasy Confirms the Highland–Coastal Divide, and the Lack of Middle Eastern Gene Flow

Chapter 11 Intercontinental Networks Between Africa and Asia Across the Indian Ocean: What Do Village Chickens Reveal?