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[null,null,"Autore",null,"Avni Gideon"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"The Byzantine-Islamic transition in Palestine : an archaeological approach / / Gideon Avni"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"0-19-150734-2"]
[null,null,"Edizione",null,"[First edition.]"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (441 p.)"]
[null,null,"Collana",null,"Oxford Studies in Byzantium"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Oxford studies in Byzantium"]
[null,null,"Classificazione",null,"6,15"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"956.94031"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Excavations (Archaeology) - Palestine"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Palestine Church history"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Palestine History 70-638"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Palestine History 638-1917"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Islamic Empire Relations Byzantine Empire"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Byzantine Empire Relations Islamic Empire"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Note generali","Description based upon print version of record."]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references and index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"\"\"Cover\"\"; \"\"The Byzantineâ€?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 â€?Arguments in Stoneâ€?\"\"; \"\"THE PIACENZA PILGRIM: 566â€?568 CE\"\"; \"\"ARCULF: 676â€?680 CE\"\"; \"\"AL-MUQADDASI: c.965 CE\"\"; \"\"NASIR-I KHUSRAW: 1047 CE\"\"; \"\"HISTORICAL DESCRIPTIONS VERSUS â€?ARGUMENTS IN STONEâ€?\"\"; \"\"1: Shifting Paradigms for the Byzantineâ€?Islamic Transition\"\""]
[{"$nulls":4},"\"\"PARADIGMS FOR THE BYZANTINEâ€?ISLAMIC TRANSITION\"\"\"\"â€?Thundering hordesâ€?\"\"; \"\"â€?Decline and fallâ€?\"\"; \"\"â€?Intensification and abatementâ€?\"\"; \"\"PREVIOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH\"\"; \"\"RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH\"\"; \"\"Salvage excavations\"\"; \"\"Regional surveys\"\"; \"\"A â€?road mapâ€?\"\"; \"\"The contribution of archaeology to historical debates\"\"; \"\"ESTABLISHING AN ACCURATE CHRONOLOGY\"\"; \"\"Pottery\"\"; \"\"Glass\"\"; \"\"Coins\"\"; \"\"RISE AND FALL: PALESTINE IN THE SIXTH AND ELEVENTH CENTURIES\"\"; \"\"Sixth-century prosperity\"\"; \"\"Eleventh-century collapse\"\""]
[{"$nulls":4},"\"\"2: From Polis to Madina: The Evolution of Large Urban Communities\"\"\"\"CAESAREA MARITIMA\"\"; \"\"Urban change in the seventh "]
[{"$nulls":4},"century\"\"; \"\"A prosperous medium-sized town between the eighth and eleventh centuries\"\"; \"\"The excavations around the inner harbour\"\"; \"\"The southern part of the city\"\"; \"\"The hinterland of Caesarea\"\"; \"\"Conclusion\"\"; \"\"BETH SHEAN-SCYTHOPOLIS-BAYSAN\"\"; \"\"The changing city: Beth Shean in the fourthâ€?eighth centuries\"\"; \"\"A flourishing town: Beth Shean in the eighthâ€?eleventh centuries\"\"; \"\"Ethnic composition\"\"; \"\"Beth Shean and its hinterland as a regional economic hub\"\""]
[{"$nulls":4},"\"\"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\"\""]
[{"$nulls":4},"\"\"Streets, markets, public buildings, and residential area\"\"\"\"Urban zoning\"\"; \"\"The Christian quarter and beyond\"\"; \"\"The Islamic centre in the Haram al-Sharif\"\"; \"\"A Jewish quarter\"\"; \"\"The extramural quarters\"\"; \"\"Burial grounds\"\"; \"\"Water supply\"\"; \"\"The outer hinterland\"\"; \"\"Conclusion: urban development and change\"\"; \"\"EARLY ISLAMIC RAMLA\"\"; \"\"Archaeological research in Ramla\"\"; \"\"Ramlaâ€?s urban core: the White Mosque and its surroundings\"\"; \"\"Residential quarters in the eastern, western, and southern sectors\"\"; \"\"The city wall: an unsolved question\"\"; \"\"Urban burial grounds\"\""]
[{"$nulls":4},"\"\"Water supply\"\""]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","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."]