05324nam 2200721 450 99620518000331620170821170714.00-19-150734-2(CKB)3710000000087828(EBL)3056051(OCoLC)871044531(SSID)ssj0001173076(PQKBManifestationID)11645564(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001173076(PQKBWorkID)11193394(PQKB)11786158(StDuBDS)EDZ0000219200(MiAaPQ)EBC3056051(MiAaPQ)EBC7035791(Au-PeEL)EBL7035791(PPN)197633129(EXLCZ)99371000000008782820140222d2014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Byzantine-Islamic transition in Palestine an archaeological approach /Gideon AvniFirst edition.Oxford :Oxford University Press,2014.1 online resource (441 p.)Oxford Studies in ByzantiumOxford studies in ByzantiumDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-176500-7 0-19-968433-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""The Byzantine�Islamic Transition in Palestine: An Archaeological Approach""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""A Note on Terminology and Chronology""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Prologue: Four Eyewitness Accounts versus �Arguments in Stone�""; ""THE PIACENZA PILGRIM: 566�568 CE""; ""ARCULF: 676�680 CE""; ""AL-MUQADDASI: c.965 CE""; ""NASIR-I KHUSRAW: 1047 CE""; ""HISTORICAL DESCRIPTIONS VERSUS �ARGUMENTS IN STONE�""; ""1: Shifting Paradigms for the Byzantine�Islamic Transition""""PARADIGMS FOR THE BYZANTINE�ISLAMIC TRANSITION""""�Thundering hordes�""; ""�Decline and fall�""; ""�Intensification and abatement�""; ""PREVIOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH""; ""RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH""; ""Salvage excavations""; ""Regional surveys""; ""A �road map�""; ""The contribution of archaeology to historical debates""; ""ESTABLISHING AN ACCURATE CHRONOLOGY""; ""Pottery""; ""Glass""; ""Coins""; ""RISE AND FALL: PALESTINE IN THE SIXTH AND ELEVENTH CENTURIES""; ""Sixth-century prosperity""; ""Eleventh-century collapse""""2: From Polis to Madina: The Evolution of Large Urban Communities""""CAESAREA MARITIMA""; ""Urban change in the seventh century""; ""A prosperous medium-sized town between the eighth and eleventh centuries""; ""The excavations around the inner harbour""; ""The southern part of the city""; ""The hinterland of Caesarea""; ""Conclusion""; ""BETH SHEAN-SCYTHOPOLIS-BAYSAN""; ""The changing city: Beth Shean in the fourth�eighth centuries""; ""A flourishing town: Beth Shean in the eighth�eleventh centuries""; ""Ethnic composition""; ""Beth Shean and its hinterland as a regional economic hub""""Conclusion""""TIBERIAS/TABBARIYYA""; ""The city centre and the congregational mosque""; ""The northern areas of Early Islamic Tiberias""; ""The eastern and western sections""; ""The southern section""; ""A multicultural society""; ""The collapse of Early Islamic Tiberias""; ""The hinterland of Tiberias""; ""JARASH-GERASA""; ""FROM POLIS TO MADINA?""; ""3: A Tale of Two Cities: Jerusalem and Ramla in the Early Islamic Period""; ""BYZANTINE AND EARLY ISLAMIC JERUSALEM""; ""Archaeology and the urban transformation of Jerusalem""; ""The city walls""""Streets, markets, public buildings, and residential area""""Urban zoning""; ""The Christian quarter and beyond""; ""The Islamic centre in the Haram al-Sharif""; ""A Jewish quarter""; ""The extramural quarters""; ""Burial grounds""; ""Water supply""; ""The outer hinterland""; ""Conclusion: urban development and change""; ""EARLY ISLAMIC RAMLA""; ""Archaeological research in Ramla""; ""Ramla�s urban core: the White Mosque and its surroundings""; ""Residential quarters in the eastern, western, and southern sectors""; ""The city wall: an unsolved question""; ""Urban burial grounds""""Water supply""Using recent archaeological findings, Gideon Avni addresses the transformation of local societies in Palestine and Jordan between the 6th and 11th centuries AD, arguing that the Byzantine-Islamic transition was a much slower and gradual process than previously thought.Oxford Studies in ByzantiumExcavations (Archaeology)PalestinePalestineChurch historyPalestineHistory70-638PalestineHistory638-1917Islamic EmpireRelationsByzantine EmpireByzantine EmpireRelationsIslamic EmpireExcavations (Archaeology)956.940316,15ssgnAvni Gideon635051MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996205180003316The Byzantine-Islamic transition in Palestine2386282UNISA