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Table of Contents

Preface
—Stephen McPhillips and Paul D. Wordsworth
Introduction
—Tony J. Wilkinson
PART I. HYDROECONOMIES: MANAGING AND LIVING WITH WATER
Chapter 1. The Materiality of Ottoman Water Administration in Eighteenth-Century Rural Damascus: A Historian's Perspective
—Astrid Meier
Chapter 2. The Islamic Occupation of Qatar in the Context of an Environmental Framework
—Phillip G. Macumber
Chapter 3. Water Management in Desert Regions: Early Islamic Qasr Mushash
—Karin Bartl
PART II. AGRICULTURE, PASTORALISM, AND SUBSISTENCE
Chapter 4. Faunal Distributions from the Southern Highlands of Transjordan: Regional and Historical Perspectives on the Representations and Roles of Animals in the Middle Islamic Period
—Robin M. Brown
Chapter 5. Zooarchaeological Perspectives on Rural Economy and Landscape Use in Eighteenth-Century Qatar
—Pernille Bangsgaard and Lisa Yeomans
PART III. LANDSCAPES OF COMMERCE AND PRODUCTION
Chapter 6. Beyond Iron Age Landscapes: Copper Mining and Smelting in Faynan in the Twelfth to Fourteenth Centuries CE
—Ian W. N. Jones
Chapter 7. Ceramic Production in the Central Highlands of Yemen During the Islamic Period
—Daniel Mahoney
Chapter 8. Harnessing Hydraulic Power in Ottoman Syria: Water Mills and the Rural Economy of the Upper Orontes Valley
—Stephen McPhillips
PART IV. TRANSIENCE AND PERMANENCE: MOVEMENT AND MEMORY IN THE LANDSCAPE
Chapter 9. The Architectural Legacy of the Seasonally Nomadic Ghurids
—David C. Thomas and Alison L. Gascoigne
Chapter 10. The Northern Jordan Project and the "Liquid Landscapes" of Late Islamic Bilad al-Sham
—Bethany J. Walker
Chapter 11. "Presencing the Past": A Case Study of Islamic Rural Burial Practices from the Homs Region, Syria
—Jennie N. Bradbury
Chapter 12. Sustaining Travel: The Economy of Medieval Stopping Places Across the Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan
—Paul D. Wordsworth
Conclusion. Some Reflections on Rural Islamic Landscapes
—Alan Walmsley
Glossary
List of Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments

Promotional Information

Landscapes of the Islamic World presents new work by twelve authors on the archaeology, history, and ethnography of the Islamic world in the Middle East, the Arabian peninsula, and central Asia. The focus looks beyond the city to engage with the predominantly rural and pastoral character of premodern Islamic society.

About the Author

Stephen McPhillips teaches in the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen. Paul D. Wordsworth is a member of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford.

Reviews

"The goal of the book, to integrate different types of data and domains of inquiry to illustrate the research possible in rural landscapes is admirably accomplished. The volume is well integrated into a comprehensive whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. This book also demonstrates that committed scholars, endeavoring to write clearly to those outside of their immediate specialty, can successfully bring the richness of detail in their work to a broader archaeological audience."
*Ethnoarchaeology*

"This welcome volume seeks to bring the approaches of landscape archaeology to the rich dataset offered by the rural communities of the Islamic Middle East. Through chapters addressing fundamental social and economic matters-mining and manufacturing, water management, the animal economy, the actuality of burial practices-the contributors deploy and confront both archaeological and documentary evidence in ways that will interest a broad readership."
*Graham Philip, Durham University*

"This rich and carefully assembled volume is diverse in its theoretical and methodological approaches and scope. It opens numerous windows into the field of Islamic archaeology, suffusing it with fresh new possibilities and horizons. Each study grounds the history of Islamic societies in a rich and dynamic landscape. The volume should be indispensable to all scholars and students of Islamic studies."
*A. Asa Eger, University of North Carolina-Greensboro*

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