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The Archaeology of the Early Islamic Settlement in Palestine
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Magness, Jodi, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Archaeology.
- Social sciences.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Middle East.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Israel--Antiquities.
- Israel.
- Negev (Israel)--Antiquities.
- Negev (Israel).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (247 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Warsaw : Eisenbrauns, Incorporated Jan. 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Annotation There is a common perception that the Muslim conquest of Palestine in the seventh century C.E. caused a decline in the number and prosperity of settlements throughout the country. The role played by archaeology in perpetuating this view, claims Magness, is particularly insidious, because it is perceived, rightly or wrongly, as providing "scientific" (and therefore "objective") data. Thus, archaeological evidence is frequently cited by scholars as proof or confirmation that Palestine declined after the Muslim conquest, and especially after the rise of the Abbasids in the mid-eighth century. Instead, Magness argues that the archaeological evidence supports the idea that Palestine and Syria experienced a tremendous growth in population and prosperity between the mid-sixth and mid-seventh centuries.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- CHAPTER 1: Introduction
- CHAPTER 2: Map of Nahal Yattir: The Survey Sites
- CHAPTER 3: Settlement Processes and Patterns of Land Use
- CHAPTER 4: The Darom (South)
- CHAPTER 5: The Limes in Southeastern Judea
- CHAPTER 6: The Central Negev
- CHAPTER 7: The Northwest Negev
- CHAPTER 8: The Negev Towns
- CHAPTER 9: Did Syria-Palestine Decline in the Mid-Sixth Century?
- CHAPTER 10: Conclusion
- Works Cited
- Indexes
- Index of Authors
- Index of Sites.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-228) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781575065380
- 157506538X
- OCLC:
- 747412071
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