Landscapes of the Islamic World

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface-Stephen McPhillips and Paul D. Wordsworth Introduction-Tony J. Wilkinson PART I. HYDROECONOMIES: MANAGING AND LIVING WITH WATERChapter 1. The Materiality of Ottoman Water Administration in Eighteenth-Century Rural Damascus: A Historian's Perspective-Astrid MeierChapter 2. The Islamic Occupation of Qatar in the Context of an Environmental Framework-Phillip G. MacumberChapter 3. Water Management in Desert Regions: Early Islamic Qasr Mushash-Karin Bartl PART II. AGRICULTURE, PASTORALISM, AND SUBSISTENCEChapter 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. BrownChapter 5. Zooarchaeological Perspectives on Rural Economy and Landscape Use in Eighteenth-Century Qatar-Pernille Bangsgaard and Lisa Yeomans PART III. LANDSCAPES OF COMMERCE AND PRODUCTIONChapter 6. Beyond Iron Age Landscapes: Copper Mining and Smelting in Faynan in the Twelfth to Fourteenth Centuries CE-Ian W. N. JonesChapter 7. Ceramic Production in the Central Highlands of Yemen During the Islamic Period-Daniel MahoneyChapter 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 LANDSCAPEChapter 9. The Architectural Legacy of the Seasonally Nomadic Ghurids-David C. Thomas and Alison L. GascoigneChapter 10. The Northern Jordan Project and the "Liquid Landscapes" of Late Islamic Bilad al-Sham-Bethany J. WalkerChapter 11. "Presencing the Past": A Case Study of Islamic Rural Burial Practices from the Homs Region, Syria-Jennie N. BradburyChapter 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 GlossaryList of ContributorsIndexAcknowledgments ...

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Edited by Stephen McPhillips and Paul D. Wordsworth

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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