Landscapes of the Islamic World : : Archaeology, History, and Ethnography /

Landscapes of the Islamic World : : Archaeology, History, and Ethnography / / ed. by Paul D. Wordsworth, Stephen McPhillips.

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Islamic societies of the past have often been characterized as urban, with rural and other extra-urban landscapes cast in a lesser or supporting role in the studies of Islamic history and archaeology. Yet throughout history, the countryside was frequently an engine of economic activity, the setting...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2016
MitwirkendeR:
Bangsgaard, Pernille,
Bartl, Karin,
Bradbury, Jennie N.,
Brown, Robin M.,
Gascoigne, Alison L.,
Jones, Ian W. N.,
Macumber, Phillip G.,
Mahoney, Daniel,
McPhillips, Stephen,
Meier, Astrid,
Thomas, David C.,
Walker, Bethany J.,
Walmsley, Alan,
Wilkinson, Tony J.,
Wordsworth, Paul D.,
Yeomans, Lisa,
HerausgeberIn:
McPhillips, Stephen,
Wordsworth, Paul D.,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 56 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • PART I. Hydroeconomies
  • CHAPTER 1. The Materiality of Ottoman Water Administration in Eighteenth- Century Rural Damascus
  • CHAPTER 2. The Islamic Occupation of Qatar in the Context of an Environmental Framework
  • CHAPTER 3. Water Management in Desert Regions
  • PART II. Agriculture, Pastoralism, and Subsistence
  • CHAPTER 4. Faunal Distributions from the Southern Highlands of Transjordan
  • CHAPTER 5. Zooarchaeological Perspectives on Rural Economy and Landscape Use in Eighteenth- Century Qatar
  • PART III. Landscapes of Commerce and Production
  • CHAPTER 6. Beyond Iron Age Landscapes
  • CHAPTER 7. Ceramic Production in the Central Highlands of Yemen During the Islamic Period
  • CHAPTER 8. Harnessing Hydraulic Power in Ottoman Syria
  • PART IV. Transience and Permanence
  • CHAPTER 9. The Architectural Legacy of the Seasonally Nomadic Ghurids
  • CHAPTER 10. The Northern Jordan Project and the "Liquid Landscapes" of Late Islamic Bilad al- Sham
  • CHAPTER 11. "Presencing the Past"
  • CHAPTER 12. Sustaining Travel
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • Contributors
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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