Timothy Insoll

Corisande Fenwick

Bethany Walker

Born from the fields of Islamic art and architectural history, the archaeological study of the Islamic societies is a relatively young discipline. With its roots in the colonial periods of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, its rapid development since the 1980s warrants a reevaluation of where the field stands today. This Handbook represents for the first time a survey of Islamic archaeology on a global scale, describing its disciplinary development and offering candid critiques of the state of the field today in the Central Islamic Lands, the Islamic West, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia. The international contributors to the volume address such themes as the timing and process of Islamization, the problems of periodization and regionalism in material culture, cities and countryside, cultural hybridity, cultural and religious diversity, natural resource management, international trade in the later historical periods, and migration. Critical assessments of the ways in which archaeologists today engage with Islamic cultural heritage and local communities closes the volume, highlighting the ethical issues related to studying living cultures and religions. Richly illustrated, with extensive citations, it is the reference work on the debates that drive the field today.

The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Archaeology

Douglas Clark

S. Thomas Parker

Moawiyah Ibrahim

Andrea Polcaro

Suzanne Richard

Larry Herr

Marta D'Andrea

Jehad Haron

Gloria London

Stephan Bourke

Adeeb Abushmais

Khairieh Amr

Debra Foran

Alan Walmsley

Micaela Sinibaldi

Basem Mahamid

The volume incorporates the latest information available from current scholars in the field of ceramic analysis of the pottery forms of Jordan. It features introductory chapters on the history of Jordan, ceramic technology and typology, social and economic connections of pottery, and the sourcing of clay. These are followed by thirteen chapters on the pottery of the archaeological periods of Jordan (Pottery Neolithic through the Late Islamic Period). Concluding the manual are extensive bibliographies for each period and an extensive glossary. Accompanying each period chapter are maps of Jordan identifying all the sites mentioned in the chapter. Spiral bound.158 pp.; illus.

A Manual

The Pottery of Jordan

There's more to Mia's school than meets the eye: rumours say a "lost" version of the Mona Lisa is hidden somewhere inside the building! Scheming criminals are hiding among the teachers, and even her parents are acting weird: with new courses in acrobatics and dressing in tight, black jumpsuits. But are they thieves? Bah, that's ridiculous!

How to Steal the Mona Lisa

10-year-old Freddy Spicer writes letters to his parents - who he believes are working at a Brussels-sprouts farm in Outer Castonga, with no internet or phone access. In fact, Freddy's parents are secret agents out of the country on a highly classified mission - but Freddy has NO IDEA!

Chocolate Milk, X-Ray Specs and Me!

Bethany Walker

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