Singapore played saveral roles in the fourteenth-century economy: as a provider of raw natural produce;a collecting center for rare and precious objects found in its immediate vicinity, mainly in the Riau Archipelago; and a transhipment point for commodities from distant ports along both the Silk Road of the Sae and on side routes. Archaeological excavations have show that Singaporeans processed raw materials to make finished products. These local industries were not particular large, but their exstence is sufficient to prove that Singapore was not a primitive society of fishermen and pirates. It was aplace where planning and technological skill combined to create businesses dependent on long-term planning and investment. The evidence for this is found in humdreds of thousands of artifacts excavated in seven Singaporean archaeologycal sites.