Arab settlements : tribal structures and spatial organizations in the Middle East between Hellenistic and early Islamic periods
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Arab settlements : tribal structures and spatial organizations in the Middle East between Hellenistic and early Islamic periods
(Access Archaeology)
Archaeopress Publishing, c2019
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Plates numbered 1-10b follow the text on unnumbered pages
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-236)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
How can the built environment help in the understanding of social and economic changes involving ancient local communities? Arab Settlements aims to shed light on the degree to which economic and political changes affected social and identity patterns in the regional context from the Nabatean through to the Umayyad and Abbasid periods. Settlement analysis is understood to be a crucial tool for accessing the local material culture and characterising the specific identities of the concerned societies. For this purpose, the author compares eight case studies across the Middle East, considering their spatial organisation over a long period (2nd - 9th centuries AD). For the interpretation of the remains, the anthropological concepts of 'segmented societies' and 'pastoralism' are fundamental, providing possible explanations of some spatial patterns attested in the case-studies. The idea of 'Oriental' settlements underscores the marked continuity in the organisation of the buildings and the use of space revealed on different levels between the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods. Furthermore, the label of 'Arab settlements' is proposed in this context, highlighting the direct connection between social identities and built environment, with a direct reference to the development of an 'Arab' identity.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part 1: Methodology and Theory
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Anthropological background and terminology
- Chapter 3: Typology
- Part 2: Comparative Analysis
- Chapter 4: The case studies
- Chapter 5: Regionalism and Transregional patterns
- Chapter 6: The "test" case-studies - The Central Jordanian Plateau
- Part 3: Archaeological data in the bigger picture
- Chapter 7: The regional historical context
- Chapter 8: Arab settlements or settlements of the "Arabs"?
- References
- Plates
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