Explorations in Islamic archaeology : material culture, settlements and landscapes from the Mediterranean to Western Sea / edited by Joanita Vroom & Hagit Nol.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vroom, Joanita, Editor.

Nol, Hagit, Editor.

Series:

Medieval and Post-Medieval Mediterranean archaeology series ; 7.

Medieval and Post-Medieval Mediterranean archeology ; VII.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--Islamic countries.

Archaeology.

Material culture--Islamic countries.

Material culture.

Islamic antiquities.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Physical Description:

356 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Turnhout : Brepols, [2025].

Summary:

This volume presents contributions by leading scholars on various topics and aspects of Islamic Archaeology, a discipline which has recently seen the development of exciting new approaches to the study of the material culture of the Muslim world. This material culture was produced by and/or for Muslims, as well as by and/or for non-Muslims living under Islamic rule from the 7th century onward, in an expanding and ultimately vast area reaching from southern Europe to West Asia. The contributions in this book focus on Jordan, Oman, Spain, Turkey, Lebanon, as well as Israel, and cover a timespan from the 7th century through the Mamluk period to the early 20th century. They highlight the archaeology of large Islamic centers in the past, but also of the material culture in smaller sites and peripheral regions. Special emphasis is paid to pottery as one of the main artifacts that carry information on past societies, but other finds and materials are discussed as well. The aspect of Islamic material culture which receives particular attention is 'production', specifically the production of clay vessels, glaze, mercury, and crops. What unites the new approaches presented here is that Islam is understood as both a 'religion' and a framework for economic, cultural, and social networks and influence. In this perspective, the volume aims to offer students of Islamic archaeology, historians of Islam and archaeologists of different disciplines a glimpse of the state-of-the-art in current Islamic Archaeology.

Contents:

List of dynasties, empires & related archaeological periods discussed in this volume

Introduction : Current trends in Islamic archaeology / Hagit Nol & Joanita Vroom

'Made on order for the amir' : what was the function of Mamluk Barracks wares? / Bethany J. Walker

Entanglements in teh western Islamic lands : early glazed ceramics of al-Andalus / Elena Salinas

All that glitters : Islamic material culture in Ephesus, western Turkey / Joanita Vroom

The archaeological narratives of Ramla from the 7th to the 11th century : experimenting with big data / Hagit Nol

Material entanglements in the Early Islamic southern Levant (650-1000 CE) : a view from the rural site of Tell Abu Sarbut, Jordan / Katarína Mokránová & Margreet L. Steiner

Material culture and human landscape in Lebanon during the Islamic period : Balbek and the Beqaa Valley / Valentina Vezzoli

The grazing ground beyond the sown : Mamluk pastoralist settlement in Jebel Qurma, Black Desert, north-east Jordan / Peter M. M. G. Akkermans, Merel L. Brüning & Ahmad Alghizawat

Quantifying the Late Islamic occupation peak : the case of the upper Falaj al-Muʹtariḍ / Irini Biezeveld & Bleda S. Düring.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-333) and index.

ISBN:

2503618723

9782503618722

OCLC:

1512896724