An Introduction to Islamic Archaeology / / Marcus Milwright.

Traces archaeology’s contribution to Islamic culture from its earliest manifestations to the presentThis introduction to the archaeology of the Islamic world traces the history of the discipline from its earliest manifestations through to the present and evaluates the contribution made by archaeolog...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2010
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEIS
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 68 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on transliteration and dating
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Early Islam and late antiquity
  • 3 New directions in the early Islamic period
  • 4 The countryside
  • 5 Towns, cities and palaces
  • 6 Religious practice in the Islamic world
  • 7 Crafts and industry
  • 8 Travel and trade
  • 9 The ‘post-medieval’ Islamic world
  • 10 Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • Dynasties and periods
  • Bibliography
  • Index