Anatomy of a medieval Islamic town
Subtitle: Al-Basra, Morocco
By: edited by Nancy L. Benco.
Contributors: Benco, Nancy L.
Series: BAR international series ;; 1234
Publisher: Archaeopress
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology) -- Morocco -- Basra (Extinct city); Cities and towns, Ancient -- Morocco.; Islamic cities and towns -- Morocco -- History.; Basra (Extinct city); Basra (Extinct city) -- Antiquities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Al-Basra in historical and archaeological perspective / Nancy L. Benco; title: Al-Basra's fortification walls and towers / Nancy L. Benco, James E. Franklin and Azzedine Karra; title: Food, fuel, and raw material: faunal remains from Al-Basra / Michelle Loyet; title: Agriculture, industry, and the environment: archaeobotanical evidence from Al-basra / Nancy Mahoney; title: Pottery and ethnic change at Al-Basra / Jennifer F. Hembree; title: View from the rooftops: clay tiles and roof construction at Al-Basra / Lance Lundquist, and Nancy L. Benco; title: Speaking stones: Islamic burial practices at Al-Basra / Rachel Kluender; title: Urban women in early Islamic Morocco / Hannah Dodd; title: Beyond Al-Basra: settlement systems of medieval Northern Morocco in archaeological and historical perspective / Said Ennahid; title: An archaeomagnetic study of two kilns at Al-Basra / AbdelKrim Rimi, Donald H. Tarling, and Sidi Otman el-Alami.