Early Islamic Syria

After more than a century of neglect, a profound revolution is occurring in the way archaeology addresses and interprets developments in the social history of early Islamic Syria-Palestine. This concise book offers an innovative assessment of social and economic developments in Syria-Palestine short...

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Main Author: Walmsley, Alan (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: London Bloomsbury Publishing 2013
In:Year: 2013
Further subjects:B Islamic antiquities ; Syria
B Syria -- Antiquities
B Syria ; Antiquities
B Islamic antiquities -- Syria
B Electronic books
B Syria ; History ; 634-750
B Syria -- History -- 634-750
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505 8 0 |a Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. Defining Islamic archaeology in Syria-Palestine; 2. After Justinian, 565-635 CE; The condition of towns in the later sixth century; The impact of multiple conquests; 3. Material culture and society; Pottery and early Islamic society; Numismatics, government and social change; Craft goods, exotica and prestige items; Material culture, archaeology and early Islamic transformations; 4. Sites and settlement processes; A formal urban hierarchy; Urban Archaeology; Existing towns: tradition, additions and renewal; New establishments 
505 8 0 |a Settlements with intentRural settlement profiles; Site histories and settlement processes; 5. Life; Food; Industry; Religious life; Housing and domestic life; Environment, landscape and the human factor; 6. Prospects: ongoing debates in Islamic archaeology; The archaeology of late antique Arab society; Qur'anic archaeology; 'Gap' archaeology in the post-Umayyad period; Looking beyond the longue durée: resilience theory; A concluding note; Brief chronology of early Islamic Arabia and Syria-Palestine; Glossary; A; B; D; F; H; J; M; Q; S; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L 
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