16 research outputs found
Trade and patronage in Middle Islamic Jordan The ceramics from Karak castle
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Migration routes, breeding areas and betweenâwinter recurrence of nominate Redwings Turdus iliacus iliacus
No full textPottery of Bilad al-Sham in the Ottoman Period: a Review of the Published Archaeological Evidence
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Pillar Tombs and the City : Creating a Sense of Shared Identity in Swahili Urban Space
No full textThis paper reviews published research on Swahili pillar tombs, as a specific type of tombs built of stone, by summarising records on almost fifty sites on the east coast of Africa. Dated to the 13thâ16th centuries AD, the pillar tombs represented a core component of Swahili urban space. By considering their spatial setting, characteristics and comparative case studies from Africa and the Indian Ocean world, the paper reconsiders how pillar tombs might have functioned as a type of material infrastructure for creating social ties and notions of shared identity in a society that has never formally united
