Medieval Urban Landscape in Northeastern Mesopotamia

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Medieval Urban Landscape in Northeastern Mesopotamia

NOVÁČEK, Karel, Miroslav MELČÁK, Lenka STARKOVÁ, Narmin ALI MUHAMMAD AMIN, Jan PETŘÍK et. al.

Basic information

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

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Odborná kniha

Field of Study

Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

http://archaeopress.com/ArchaeopressShop/Public/displayProductDetail.asp?id=%7B8084863B-F314-4C0D-B630-B99CD8B5541C%7D

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

Abstract

V originále

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.

Citovat

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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NOVÁČEK, Karel, Miroslav MELČÁK, Lenka STARKOVÁ, Narmin ALI MUHAMMAD AMIN, Jan PETŘÍK and Emily NEUMEIER. \textit{Medieval Urban Landscape in Northeastern Mesopotamia}. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2016, 214 pp. Archaeopress Archaeology. ISBN~978-1-78491-518-6.

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