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Archaeological approaches to the study of Islam in Island Southeast Asia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2015

Peter Lape*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Box 353010, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA (Email: plape@u.washington.edu)

Abstract

The Indonesian archipelago (Island Southeast Asia) now has the largest Muslim population in the world. How, when and why did Islam arrive? Archaeological investigations show that the conversion process was long and patchy with many forces at work.

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Research
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2005

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