Tai, Yew Seng and Daly, Patrick and Mckinnon, E. Edwards and Parnell, Andrew and Feener, R. Michael and Majewski, Jedrzej and Ismail, Nazli and Sieh, Kerry (2020) The impact of Ming and Qing dynasty maritime bans on trade ceramics recovered from coastal settlements in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Archaeological Research in Asia, 21. p. 100174. ISSN 2352-2267

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We review published literature and historical texts to propose that three periods of official Chinese maritime bans impacted the composition and circulation of trade ceramics along Asian trade routes: Ming Ban 1 (1371 – 1509), Ming Ban 2 (1521 – 1529), and Qing Ban (1654 – 1684). We use ceramics collected during a landscape archaeology survey along 40km of coast in Aceh, Indonesia to show how the three ban periods manifest in the ceramic record of settlements along an important stretch of the maritime silk road. All three ban periods overlap with reductions in the quantity of Chinese ceramics. Within several decades of the start of Ming Ban 1, people in Aceh began importing ceramics from production centres in Burma and Thailand as a substitute for Chinese ceramics. Following Ming Ban 2, there is an increase in imports from Chinese production centres, albeit from new kilns sites. While brief, the Qing ban resulted in an almost immediate influx of ceramics from Japan and Vietnam, which maintained some market share until the mid-17th century, after which Chinese ceramics dominate the record until the end of the Qing dynasty. Our data show both the importance of Chinese ceramics within regional trade networks and how those networks and local patterns of consumption adapted to disruptions of supply.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Cite as: Yew Seng Tai, Patrick Daly, E. Edwards Mckinnon, Andrew Parnell, R. Michael Feener, Jedrzej Majewski, Nazli Ismail, Kerry Sieh, The impact of Ming and Qing dynasty maritime bans on trade ceramics recovered from coastal settlements in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, Archaeological Research in Asia, Volume 21, 2020, 100174, ISSN 2352-2267, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ara.2019.100174 Copyright: Any Website Named Repository (PubMed Central, Research for Development Repository, ESRC Research Catalogue) Non-Commercial Repository Journal Website
Keywords:	Aceh; Trade ceramics; Maritime trade; Straits of Melaka;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Mathematics and Statistics Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Hamilton Institute Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units, ICARUS
Item ID:	16264
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ara.2019.100174
Depositing User:	Andrew Parnell
Date Deposited:	06 Jul 2022 09:59
Journal or Publication Title:	Archaeological Research in Asia
Publisher:	Science Direct
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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