NOVÁČEK, Karel, Miroslav MELČÁK, Lenka STARKOVÁ, Narmin ALI MUHAMMAD AMIN, Jan PETŘÍK and Emily NEUMEIER. Medieval Urban Landscape in Northeastern Mesopotamia. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2016, 214 pp. Archaeopress Archaeology. ISBN 978-1-78491-518-6.
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Original name Medieval Urban Landscape in Northeastern Mesopotamia
Authors NOVÁČEK, Karel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Miroslav MELČÁK (203 Czech Republic), Lenka STARKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Narmin ALI MUHAMMAD AMIN (368 Iraq), Jan PETŘÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Emily NEUMEIER (840 United States of America).
Edition Oxford, 214 pp. Archaeopress Archaeology, 2016.
Publisher Archaeopress
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Original language English
Type of outcome Book on a specialized topic
Field of Study Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/16:00093675
Organization unit Faculty of Science
ISBN 978-1-78491-518-6
Keywords in English Early islamic; Mesopotamia; Urban landscape
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
More than fifteen sites of either confirmed or conjectured urban status existed between the 6th and 19th centuries in the particular region of northeastern Mesopotamia, bounded by the rivers Great Zab, Little Zab and Tigris. This present study concentrates on the investigation of this urban network. The archaeological substance of the deserted sites is mostly very well preserved in the relief of the arid steppe environment and can be excellently identified in satellite images of several types. The archaeological investigation of these settlements, augmented by a revised historical topography, offers a unique opportunity for the holistic study of the diversity, temporal dynamics and mutual relationships within the urban network that developed in the hinterland of Baghdad and Samarra, the two largest super-centres of the Old World. This collective monograph puts together archaeological and historical data available for the individual sites, including analyses of pottery obtained by surface survey. The materially rich final report of the three-year project is supplemented by an interpretative chapter that focuses on detailed topographical comparisons of the sites, their landscape contexts, and the dynamics of the urban system within the framework of studies on Near-Eastern Islamic-period cities.
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