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

Other author Vroom, Joanita, editor.
Other author Nol, Hagit, editor.
Format Book
PublicationTurnhout : Brepols, [2025]
Copyright Date©2025
Description356 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Archaeology--Islamic countries.
Material culture--Islamic countries.
Islamic antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)

SeriesMedieval and Post-Medieval Mediterranean archeology ;
Medieval and Post-Medieval Mediterranean archaeology series ; 7. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents List of dynasties, empires & related archaeological periods discussed in this volume -- Introduction : Current trends in Islamic archaeology / Hagit Nol & Joanita Vroom -- Islamization and ceramics : Assembling change and Con-Text / José Cristóbal Carvajal López -- 'Made on order for the amir' : what was the function of Mamluk Barracks wares? / Bethany J. Walker -- Entanglements in the 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 : Baalbek 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.
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 331-333) and index.
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