Arab settlements : : tribal structures and spatial organizations in the Middle East between Hellenistic and early Islamic periods / / Nicolò Pini.

• VerfasserIn: Pini, Nicolò, 1989-
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford, England : : Archaeopress Publishing Limited,, [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (270 pages)

How can the built environment help in the understanding of social and economic changes involving ancient local communities? Arab Settlements aims to shed light on the degree to which economic and political changes affected social and identity patterns in the regional context from the Nabatean through to the Umayyad and Abbasid periods.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of plates -- Preface -- Part 1: Methodology and Theory -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Anthropological background and terminology -- 2.1: Nomadism and pastoral societies -- 2.2: Tribalism and segmented societies -- 2.3: "Arabs": the challenge of distinguishing between external labels and self-definitions -- Chapter 3: Typology -- 3.1: The "Settlement" level -- 3.2: The "Quarter" level -- 3.3: The "Block" level -- 3.4: The "house" level -- Part 2: Comparative Analysis -- Chapter 4: The case studies -- 4.1: The southern Hauran (Jordan) -- 4.1.1: Umm el-Jimal -- 4.1.2: Umm es-Surab -- 4.2: The Central Hauran (Syria) -- 4.2.1: Sharah -- 4.2.2: Mseikeh -- 4.3: The Negev -- 4.3.1: Shivta (Sobata/Soubaita) -- 4.3.2: Mamshit (Mampsis/Kurnub) -- Chapter 5: Regionalism and Transregional patterns -- Chapter 6: The "test" case-studies - The Central Jordanian Plateau -- 6.1: Tall Hisban -- 6.2: Umm er-Rasas -- Part 3: Archaeological data in the bigger picture -- Chapter 7: The regional historical context -- 7.1: The Desert and the Sown -- 7.2: Brothers in arms -- 7.3: Defended by the saints -- 7.4: A "Kaleidoscope of identities" -- 7.5: The "ruralisation" of the spatial model of the urban space -- Chapter 8: Arab settlements or settlements of the "Arabs"? -- References -- Abbreviations -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Plates.