Building between Eastern and Western Mediterranean Lands
Construction Processes and Transmission of Knowledge from Late Antiquity to Early Islam
Edited by Piero Gilento
Arts and Archaeology of the Islamic World volume 18 Brill 2022
Acknowledgements vii
Note on Arabic Transliteration and Translation viii List of Figures and Tables x
Notes on Contributors xviii
Introduction 1
PART 1
Built Heritage and Historical Archives
The Contribution of Historical Archives to Jordan Archaeology Some Case Studies 21
Stefano Anastasio
The Study of Near Eastern Building Techniques and the Legacy of Howard Crosby Butler 37
Piero Gilento
PART 2
Building in the Eastern Mediterranean between the End of the Roman World and the First Centuries of Islam
Aperçu des processus de construction en pierre au Proche-Orient entre le IIe siècle et le début du Moyen Âge: l’exemple de Jérash 63
Jean-Claude Bessac
Techniques de construction en Syrie du Sud à l’époque Romano-Byzantine
Une architecture lithique et modulaire particulièrement adaptée et fonctionnelle 81
Pascale Clauss-Balty
The ‘Palace of Trajan’ at Bosra
Stratigraphy and Construction Techniques 101
Pauline Piraud-Fournet
The Building Techniques of Byzantine and Early Islamic Fortifications in Northern Syria
Cyrrhus as a Case Study 116 Shaker Al Shbib
Building Techniques and Village Society: A Diachronic Perspective from Northern Jordan (2nd–16th c. AD) 130
Piero Gilento
The Conversion of Urban Landscape in Early Medieval Syria 159
Mattia Guidetti
A Reappraisal for Domestic Architecture in the Near East after the Islamic Conquest 171
Apolline Vernet
New Building Infrastructures Found at Quṣayr ʿAmra Archaeology of Construction during the Umayyad Period 181
Ignacio Arce
PART 3
Building in the Western Mediterranean during the First Centuries of Islam
Echoes of Empire. Building Materials and Technical Systems in Ifrīqīya in Aghlabid and Fatimid Times (9th–10th Centuries) 201
Jean-Pierre Van Staëvel
Islamic Building Techniques in al-Andalus from the 8th to the 10th Century 225
Pedro Gurriarán Daza
Early Medieval Hispanic Churches (8th–10th c.) From Stratigraphy to Building Technology 240
María de los Ángeles Utrero Agudo
