Early Islamic Syria : an archaeological assessment / / Alan Walmsley
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| Autore: |
Walmsley Alan <1952->
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| Titolo: |
Early Islamic Syria : an archaeological assessment / / Alan Walmsley
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Duckworth, , 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 939.43 |
| Soggetto topico: | Islamic antiquities - Syria |
| Soggetto geografico: | Syria Antiquities |
| Syria History 634-750 | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-170) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Defining Islamic archaeology in Syria-Palestine -- After Justinian, 565-635 CE -- Material culture and society -- Sites and settlement processes -- Life -- Prospects : ongoing debates in Islamic archaeology. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | After more than a century of neglect, a profound revolution is occurring in the way archaeology addresses and interprets developments in the social history of early Islamic Syria-Palestine. This concise book offers an innovative assessment of social and economic developments in Syria-Palestine shortly before, and in the two centuries after, the Islamic expansion (the later sixth to the early ninth century AD), drawing on a wide range of new evidence from recent archaeological work. Alan Walmsley challenges conventional explanations for social change with the arrival of Islam, arguing for consi |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Early Islamic Syria |
| ISBN: | 1-4725-3776-9 |
| 1-4725-3775-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910790796203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Debates in archaeology.