Author: Thomas LeistenPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Excavation of Samarra
Author: Thomas LeistenExcavation of Samarra
Author: Thomas LeistenPublisher:
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Category : Archictecure, Islamic
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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The Historical Topography of Samarra
Author: Alastair NorthedgePublisher: Samarra Studies
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
This is the first fundamentally new work to come out in half a century on one of the world's most famous Islamic archaeological sites: Samarra, in Iraq. This capital of the Abbasid caliphs in the 9th century is not only one of the largest urban sites worldwide, but also gives us the essence of what the physical appearance of the caliphate was like, for early Baghdad is long lost. Northedge sets out to explain the history and development of this enormous site, 45 km long, using both archaeological and textual sources to weave a new interpretation of how the city worked: its four caliphal palaces, four Friday mosques, cantonments for the military and for the palace servants, houses for the men of state and generals.
Excavations at Samarra, 1936-1939
Author: Iraq. Mudīrīyat al-Āthār al-Qadīmah al-ʻĀmmahPublisher:
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Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : ar
Pages : 188
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Excavations at Samarra 1936-1939
Author: Archaeological Atlas of Samarra
Author: Alastair NorthedgePublisher: Samarra Studies
ISBN: 9780903472302
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Archaeological Atlas of Samarra sets out to map and catalogue the site and buildings of the Abbasid capital at Samarra in the period 836 to 892 AD, preserved as they were until the middle years of the 20th century. Site maps and catalogues are provided of all the approximately 5819 building and site units identified. This is the first time that it has been possible to catalogue nearly all the buildings of one of the world's largest ancient cities, from the caliph palaces to the smallest hovels.
A hundred years of excavations in Samarra
Author: Julia GonnellaPublisher: Dr Ludwig Reichert
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Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
In 2011, the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin celebrated the 100th anniversary of the German excavations of the Islamic-medieval site Samarra. The former Abbasid capital (836-892 A.D.) around 125 km north of Bagdad is one of the largest archaeological ruins in the world and one of the key sites in the field of Islamic art and archaeology. The excavations led by Ernst Herzfeld and Friedrich Sarre between 1911 and 1913 represent a primary moment in the establishment of the field. Today, a hundred years later, our knowledge on Abbasid art has widened immensely. This volume includes papers given at an international symposium organised by the EHG together with the Museum of Islamic ARt from June 30 to July 02, 2011 to discuss the latest state of research on the former Abbasid city and its impact on Islamic art. Articles touch the history of the excavations, the city of Samarra and its finds as well as other recently studied Abbasid sites.
Archaeological Atlas of Samarra
Author: Alastair NorthedgePublisher:
ISBN: 9780903472333
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A Dictionary of Archaeology
Author: Ian ShawPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470751967
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
This dictionary provides those studying or working in archaeology with a complete reference to the field.
A Bronze Age Landscape in the Russian Steppes
Author: David W. AnthonyPublisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
ISBN: 1938770323
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
The first English-language monograph that describes seasonal and permanent Late Bronze Age settlements in the Russian steppes, this is the final report of the Samara Valley Project, a US-Russian archaeological investigation conducted between 1995 and 2002. It explores the changing organization and subsistence resources of pastoral steppe economies from the Eneolithic (4500 BC) through the Late Bronze Age (1900-1200 BC) across a steppe-and-river valley landscape in the middle Volga region, with particular attention to the role of agriculture during the unusual episode of sedentary, settled pastoralism that spread across the Eurasian steppes with the Srubnaya and Andronovo cultures (1900-1200 BC). Three astonishing discoveries were made by the SVP archaeologists: agriculture played no role in the LBA diet across the region, a surprise given the settled residential pattern; a unique winter ritual was practiced at Krasnosamarskoe involving dog and wolf sacrifices, possibly related to male initiation ceremonies; and overlapping spheres of obligation, cooperation, and affiliation operated at different scales to integrate groups defined by politics, economics, and ritual behaviors.