The Rise of Islamic Archaeology

Vernoit, Stephen

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“…Another one is a notorious (and unfairly negative) profile of the Islamic world since the terrible events of 9/11 and the subsequent wars, terrorist attacks and changes of regimes. On the other hand, the discipline of Islamic archaeology seems to have reached a level of maturity, at least in the English-speaking world, reflected in the first general reviews (Insoll 1999;Milwright 2010a;2010b;Vernoit 1997), the creation of international networks to discuss about Islamic archaeology Archéologie Islamique (no longer in print), was produced in France. In addition, it is important to mention that some of the very first excavations were conducted by Russians, Ottoman and Spanish researchers in their own territories (cf.…”

Section: Study Of Craftmentioning

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Crafting History: How the World Is Made. The Case of Islamic Archaeology

López

2018

Crafting in the World

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In this paper an archaeological and theoretical perspective that builds a relationship between the concepts of craft and of identity is presented. Both of them are concepts very widely used in archaeological and anthropological theory nowadays, and they have often been linked in field studies. However these concepts are usually contemplated from very different points of view and with many diverse implication in each case. One of the aims of this paper is to show that craft and identity can be inserted in a common theoretical framework which in turn can be used to understand cultural change, or, in other words, history within culture. The paper will start with a necessary theoretical introduction to different concepts related to craft and identity, and then a discussion on how to link these different concepts will follow. In the last part of the paper, this theoretical perspective will be applied to a field which is familiar to the author, that of Islamic archaeology. A case example of the author's research in the Vega of Granada (south east Spain) will be brought to the fore. This part of the paper will show how the theoretical discussion developed above can contribute to solve one of the core questions of this field, that of the definition of an Islamic culture and its application to understand the daily life of people living within it. AGENCY, ACTION, CRAFT AND IDENTITYThe works of B. Malinowsky (1961Malinowsky ( [1922) and P. Bourdieu (1977; are essential in the understanding of action as key to the process of transmitting and creating concepts and schemas that shape the individuals and the society (Bloch 2012: 149-154). If Malinowsky has not been so profusely quoted in archaeological theory, Bourdieu (1977;Giddens (1984), ultimately inspired by him, have been widely used and discussed in the discipline since the 80s. Perhaps one of the most relevant application of these ideas in archaeological theory in general is in the work of J. Barrett (1994), who defended the idea that archaeology should reconstruct the material conditions of life of past communities in order to enable us to understand the possibilities and constraints that

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Crafting History: How the World Is Made. The Case of Islamic Archaeology

López

2018

Crafting in the World

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“…The wide range of new information that had become available through excavation and cuneiform research, and the attention that until very recently remained lavished on the more distant phases of regional history, reduced the relevance of travel literature as sources of relevant information. 27 By the early twentieth century archaeology had to a large extent cut its ties with travel on both an academic and a conceptual level. Excavation reports might still make use of travel literature as introductory notes on post-abandonment site history, but in most cases these bore little more than a pictorial function.…”

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Mesopotamian archaeology and travel literature: shifting relationships

Ooghe¹

2016

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El estudio en la última década de las relaciones entre viajes, literatura de viajes y la arqueología del Próximo Oriente antiguo ha pasado de ser un tema eludible de la arqueología a tener su propio campo de investigación. Aun así, mucho de lo que se ha publicado hasta el momento se ha centrado en el siglo XIX, en cuestiones de yacimientos concretos o en personajes destacados. La investigación sobre los primeros exploradores, el desarrollo general de intereses académicos en la región y el potencial uso práctico de los escritos de viajes todavía tienen que integrarse plenamente en la disciplina arqueológica del Próximo Oriente antiguo. Con la moda actual de los estudios sobre viajes y las recientes publicaciones de algunas visiones generales que ofrecen nuevos elementos significativos parece que ha llegado el momento de ver cómo se ha desarrollado la relación existente entre la literatura de viajes y la arqueología del Próximo Oriente -en concreto de (la baja) Mesopotamia-. Este artículo defiende que el desarrollo de la arqueología mesopotámica como una disciplina aparte y una percepción concreta de su historia han introducido durante los siglos XIX y XX una cuña entre el arqueólogo y el viajero, así como entre la investigación arqueológica y la literatura de viajes. Como visión general del cambio en las relaciones entre ambos, este artículo aboga por una mayor integración de los estudios sobre viajes en el campo de la arqueología.Palabras clave: Arqueología, viaje, Mesopotamia, literatura, historia disciplinaria. AbstractStudying the links between travel, travel literature and the archaeology of the Near East has, over the course of the past decade, slowly developed from a side-step of archaeology into a more ‘proper’ field of enquiry. However, much of what has been published so far has remained focused on the nineteenth century, on site-specific issues or on highlighted individuals. Research into the early explorers, the broad developments of academic interests in the region and the potential practical use of travel writing have yet to become fully integrated into the Near Eastern archaeological discipline. With the present vogue of travel studies and the recent publication of several overviews offering significant new insights, the time seems at hand for an examination of how the relationships between travel literature and Near Eastern –specifically (lower) Mesopotamian– archaeology have developed over time. This paper argues that the development of Mesopotamian archaeology as a distinct discipline and a specific perception of its history have during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries drawn a wedge between the archaeologist and the traveler, as well as between archaeological research and travel literature. As a general overview of changing relationships between the two, the paper pleads for a more thorough integration of travel studies into the field of archaeology.Keywords: Archaeology, travel, Mesopotamia, literature, disciplinary history.

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“…Essas novas atitudes inspiraram as escolas orientalistas que surgiram no final do século XIX e podemos ver nos estudos de Alfred von Kremer e do austríaco Aloys Sprenger, quem escreveu entre outros títulos, A vida de Muhammad (1851 O avanço russo em direção à Ásia, a partir de 1850, colaborou para o desenvolvimento dos estudos sobre o Islã, sendo que a escavação realizada em Samarqand em 1885 foi considerada a primeira em um sítio islâmico. Vernoit (1997) comenta que na primeira metade do século XX estavam sendo publicados pela primeira vez os manuais de arte e arquitetura islâmica os quais apresentavam uma mudança de terminologia. Temos então o Manuel D'Art Musulman (1907) de Henri Saladin, e a mudança de paradigmas nos estudos de arte e arquitetura islâmica passaram do estudo a partir de raças para o estudo de culturas.…”

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Antiguidade Tardia e a islamização da paisagem

Rocco

2019

Rev. Mus. Arqueol. Etnol.

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Os estudos sobre a Idade Média são na maioria das vezes analisados a partir da história do cristianismo, em que os estudos sobre o Islã são considerados uma área de investigação à parte, sendo que o Islão não entra como partícipe desse período, nem influencia os acontecimentos. As pesquisas desenvolvidas pela arqueologia islâmica colocam novas questões para as análises a respeito desse período a partir de uma história que não foi contada, mas que está presente na Idade Média em vários aspectos, inclusive em sua cultura material. Se a arqueologia medieval é uma disciplina nova, o interesse por uma arqueologia islâmica é mais recente, pois se deu a partir do final do século XIX. As novas evidências arqueológicas fornecem informações que questionam o que foi considerado até o momento a respeito das relações entre os diferentes grupos confessionais monoteístas, judeus, cristãos e muçulmanos, durante a Idade Média, no sentido eurocêntrico do termo, e abre novas perspectivas para uma história que foi deixada de lado. O texto busca esclarecer o emprego do termo medieval nos estudos da cultura islâmica, o histórico das pesquisas arqueológicas da mesma e a importância das investigações da arqueologia da paisagem para a mudança de paradigmas nas análises dos processos de islamização da paisagem ocorridos entre os séculos VII e XIII.

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The Rise of Islamic Archaeology

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Crafting History: How the World Is Made. The Case of Islamic Archaeology

Crafting History: How the World Is Made. The Case of Islamic Archaeology

Mesopotamian archaeology and travel literature: shifting relationships

Antiguidade Tardia e a islamização da paisagem

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