Cover Image

Anatomy of a medieval Islamic town : Al-Basra, Morocco /

Show other versions (1)
Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Benco, Nancy L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, England : Archaeopress, [2004]
Series:BAR international series ; 1234.
Subjects:
Excavations (Archaeology) > Morocco > Basra (Extinct city)
Basra (Extinct city) > Antiquities.
Cities and towns, Ancient > Morocco.
Islamic cities and towns > Morocco > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Al-Basra in historical and archaeological perspective / Nancy L. Benco
  • Al-Basra's fortification walls and towers / Nancy L. Benco, James E. Franklin and Azzedine Karra
  • Food, fuel, and raw material: faunal remains from Al-Basra / Michelle Loyet
  • Agriculture, industry, and the environment: archaeobotanical evidence from Al-basra / Nancy Mahoney
  • Pottery and ethnic change at Al-Basra / Jennifer F. Hembree
  • View from the rooftops: clay tiles and roof construction at Al-Basra / Lance Lundquist, and Nancy L. Benco
  • Speaking stones: Islamic burial practices at Al-Basra / Rachel Kluender
  • Urban women in early Islamic Morocco / Hannah Dodd
  • Beyond Al-Basra: settlement systems of medieval Northern Morocco in archaeological and historical perspective / Said Ennahid
  • An archaeomagnetic study of two kilns at Al-Basra / AbdelKrim Rimi, Donald H. Tarling, and Sidi Otman el-Alami.