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As part of the Oriental archaeology lecture series organised by the Association des Amis de Larsa (AAL), we will be welcoming international researchers for this 2024-2025 programme, who will be presenting current research in the Oriental world. This series of seminars is aimed at the scientific community, students and anyone interested in archaeological research in the East.

On Tuesday 6 November 2024, Bérénice Bellina (CNRS, UMR 8060 TEMPS) will be taking part in the Oriental archaeology lecture series.
This presentation will review what we know about maritime trade, the diversity of those involved and the links that structure it in South and South-East Asia at the turn of our era. It will look at the political and economic organisation of the first port settlements and the forms of urbanisation that developed there. It will also address some of the factors limiting regional reconstructions (methodological problems, historiographical biases, etc.) and paradigm shifts (role of Indo-Roman trade, nomads). Finally, it will look at some of the work that remains to be done on this subject, including comparisons between the eastern and far eastern parts of these networks. With this in mind, the presentation will briefly look at Arabian and Egyptian sites (Berenike).