Building between eastern and western Mediterranean lands : : construction processes and transmission of knowledge from late antiquity to early Islam / / edited by Piero Gilento.

• Superior document: Arts and Archaeology of the Islamic World ; volume 18
• TeilnehmendeR: Gilento, Piero,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English; Arabic; French
• Series: Arts and archaeology of the Islamic world ; 18.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; illustrations (some color), maps
• Notes: This book explores the construction processes and the mechanisms of transmission of knowledge between the eastern and western Mediterranean lands from the late Roman period to the early centuries of Islam.

"This edited volume examines the construction processes and the mechanisms of transmission of knowledge between the eastern and western Mediterranean lands from the late Roman period to the early centuries of Islam. The essays explore issues of material culture, craft techniques, technological and typological changes and cultural contacts in Syria, Jordan, North Africa and Spain. The volume includes case studies on prestigious architectural complexes, defensive systems and other structures located in major urban centres (Cyrrhus, Bosra, Jerash, Sousse, Kairouan and Cordoba), as well as minor sites and rural buildings. It offers a fresh contribution to the long-lasting historiographic debate on the transition from antiquity to the Middle Ages and how Early Islamic architecture fostered the structural assumptions for new building experiences in many Mediterranean regions. Contributors: Antonio Almagro, Shaker Al Shbib, Stefano Anastasio, Ignacio Arce, Jean-Claude Bessac, Pascale Clauss-Balty, Piero Gilento, Mattia Guidetti, Pedro Gurriarán Daza, Roberto Parenti, Pauline Piraud-Fournet, María de los Ángeles Utrero Agudo, Jean-Pierre van Staëvel, Apolline Vernet, François Villeneuve"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Built Heritage and Historical Archives -- Building in the Eastern Mediterranean between the End of the Roman World and the First Centuries of Islam -- Building in the Western Mediterranean during the First Centuries of Islam.