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
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.
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.
"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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