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OverviewThis edited volume follows the panel Earth in Islamic Architecture organised for the World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES) in Ankara, on the 19th of August 2014. Earthen architecture is well-known among archaeologists and anthropologists whose work extends from Central Asia to Spain, including Africa. However, little collective attention has been paid to earthen architecture within Muslim cultures. This book endeavours to share knowledge and methods of different disciplines such as history, anthropology, archaeology and architecture. Its objective is to establish a link between historical and archaeological studies given that Muslim cultures cannot be dissociated from social history. Contributors: Marinella Arena; Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya; Christian Darles; Francois-Xavier Fauvelle; Elizabeth Golden; Moritz Kinzel; Rolando Melo da Rosa; Atri Hatef Naiemi; Bertrand Poissonnier; Stephane Pradines; Paola Raffa and Paul D. Wordsworth. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stephane PradinesPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Edition: Approx. 240 Pp, Incl. 187 FC I ed. Volume: 10 Weight: 1.069kg ISBN: 9789004355316ISBN 10: 9004355316 Pages: 284 Publication Date: 24 September 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements and Note on Transliteration Notes on Contributors Introduction: An Architecture for the Caliph and the Poor Stephane Pradines 1Adobe as an Islamic Standard: Vernacular Cosmopolitics Rolando Melo da Rosa 2The Great Mosque of Timbuktu: Seven Centuries of Earthen Architecture Bertrand Poissonnier 3The Periphery Walls of Sijilmasa, a Medieval Islamic City in Morocco: Contribution to the Identification of Typological and Functional Variability of the Pise Technique Francois-Xavier Fauvelle, Elarbi Erbati, Romain Mensan and Axel Daussy 4Draa Valley: Tighremt and Igherm, Morocco Marinella Arena and Paola Raffa 5The Use of Earth in the Construction of the Qsur in Southeastern Algeria Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya 6Identity and Architecture: The Fatimid Walls in Cairo Stephane Pradines 7Mud Brick Architecture in Hadramawt-Yemen under the Qu'aiti and Kathiri Sultanates Christian Darles 8Building on the Shoreline: Insights into the Use of Earth in the Architecture of the Late 18th and 19th Centuries in Qatar Moritz Kinzel 9Residential Compounds: Earthen Architecture in the Central Desert of Iran Atri Hatef Naiemi 10Traditions of Monumental Decoration in the Earthen Architecture of Early Islamic Central Asia Paul D. Wordsworth 11Ottoman Earth Architecture in Buda (1541-1686) Adrienn Papp 12Between Tradition and Modernity: Building with Earth in a Contemporary City Elizabeth Golden IndexReviewsEarthen architecture (that is architecture that uses as its prime and main material earth: adobe, mud brick, rammed earth, mud render, etc) was for very long underappreciated and it was not until the late 70's that it took its position as an important part of the architectural heritage of the Islamic world. But what the academic world was still lacking was: a) an appreciation of its versatile character and nature and b) a study of all the parameters associated with this particular type of architecture. As refers to the former, earthen architecture was until now mainly consigned to an architectural typology of building houses in agricultural, peripheral regions. For this reason, earth, as architectural material, was tarnished as the material of the poor, the farmers and the needy. On the other hand, studies related to Islamic earthen architecture used to omit any references to its historical, anthropological and sociological connotations, almost presenting it as a phenomenon separate and foreign to the mores and traditions of the Muslim lands.The present volume addresses all the different aspects (technical, artistic, cultural) of Islamic earthen architecture covering, at the same time, its immense geographical and historical span and breadth. By doing so, it manages to reestablish earthen architecture as an essential part of the Islamic architectural culture, a kind of architecture that was for for everybody and for anyone... All these contributions manage to shed light to the different types and methods of earthen architecture and its connection to the history, the religion, the culture and the traditions of the Islamic world. All in all, a meticulous and erudite edition which is also a joy to read. Sotiris S. Livas: in Journal of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 29, 2020. Author InformationStephane Pradines, (PhD in Islamic Archaeology from Sorbonne University, Paris IV, 2001) is Associate Professor at the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations, Aga Khan University, London (AKU-ISMC) and an archaeologist working in Egypt and East Africa. Dr Pradines is a specialist of warfare in the medieval Middle east and Muslim trade in the Indian ocean. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Access Journal of Muslim Material Cultures, published by Brill. Prior to joining AKU-ISMC in 2012, Dr Pradines was in charge of Islamic Archaeology at the French Institute in Cairo. His publications include Fortifications et urbanisation en Afrique orientale, 2004, Gedi, une cite portuaire swahilie, 2010 and Guerre et paix dans le Proche-Orient medieval (Xe-XVe s.), M. Eychenne, S. Pradines & A. Zouache (eds.), Cairo, Ifao/Ifpo. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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