On Po-ni: The Santubong Sites of Sarawak.
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THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL |
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Title :
On Po-ni: The Santubong Sites of Sarawak. |
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Author :
Jan Wisseman Christie |
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Abstract:
Trading patterns of coastal states in maritime Southeast Asia The trade of early coastal states in the maritime portions of Southeast Asia appears frequently to have comprised three basic segments, each dealing with a different set of merchandise, but all focused upon the port-capital. The populations involved encompasseda variety of interior-dwelling export-producing groups, the inhabitants of the port and associated riparian settlements which acted as stapling points, and the regional and overseas trading partners connected to the state by its seaborne trade (Bronson 1977). The exports which provided the state’s major source of revenue were, to a large extent, items which were either gathered or mined by hunter-gatherer and farming populations of the interior, most of whom did not identify themselves directly with the coastal polity and were normally beyond the effective political reach of the coast. The populations of the port-capital and settlements on the lower reaches of the state’s riverine backbone, while organizing and controlling the export of interior’s produce,seem rarely to have added to it any commodities which were sent beyond the immediate region. Ports were, however, often major industrial centres which produceda wide range of goods used in trade with neighboring states and,more importantly, with the interior-dwelling populations upon whose exportable produce the economy of the state depended
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| DOI: XXXX |
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How to cite:
Christie, J. W. (1985). On Po-ni: The Santubong Sites of Sarawak. The Sarawak Museum Journal, XXXIV (55): 77-90 |
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