عنوان

Long-term History in a Moroccan Oasis Zone:

شماره

LA113570

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Long-term History in a Moroccan Oasis Zone:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

The Middle Draa Project 2015

نام نخستين پديدآور

David J. Mattingly, Youssef Bokbot, Martin Sterry, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This article describes the research questions and presents the initial ams dates of the Middle Draa Project (southern Morocco), a collaborative field survey project between the University of Leicester and the Institut National des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine (insap) of Morocco. Starting from a very low baseline of past archaeological research in this pre-desert valley, the overall objective of the project is to establish the extent, character and chronology of the rich archaeology of the Wadi Draa. The results presented here detail a hitherto unknown phase of major occupation in the Draa in the 4th-6th centuries ad evidenced by complex hilltop settlements and extensive cairn cemeteries (an initial typology is presented). A second medieval phase comprised major urban centres that are contemporary with the Almoravid and Almohad periods of Moroccan history. Alongside these urban centres, there are the remains of substantial mudbrick oasis settlements and irrigation and field-systems of a contemporary date. A key contribution of this paper concerns the construction of an outline chronology based upon initial analysis of the ceramics collected, but crucially supplemented and supported by a major program of ams dating. The remote sensing and field survey data collected by the project enable us to develop some hypotheses concerning the long-term history of this important oasis valley. This article describes the research questions and presents the initial ams dates of the Middle Draa Project (southern Morocco), a collaborative field survey project between the University of Leicester and the Institut National des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine (insap) of Morocco. Starting from a very low baseline of past archaeological research in this pre-desert valley, the overall objective of the project is to establish the extent, character and chronology of the rich archaeology of the Wadi Draa. The results presented here detail a hitherto unknown phase of major occupation in the Draa in the 4th-6th centuries ad evidenced by complex hilltop settlements and extensive cairn cemeteries (an initial typology is presented). A second medieval phase comprised major urban centres that are contemporary with the Almoravid and Almohad periods of Moroccan history. Alongside these urban centres, there are the remains of substantial mudbrick oasis settlements and irrigation and field-systems of a contemporary date. A key contribution of this paper concerns the construction of an outline chronology based upon initial analysis of the ceramics collected, but crucially supplemented and supported by a major program of ams dating. The remote sensing and field survey data collected by the project enable us to develop some hypotheses concerning the long-term history of this important oasis valley.

تاريخ نشر

2017

توصيف ظاهري

141-172

عنوان

Journal of African Archaeology

شماره جلد

15/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2191-5784

اصطلاح موضوعی

African Studies

اصطلاح موضوعی

Archaeology

اصطلاح موضوعی

Art History

اصطلاح موضوعی

General

اصطلاح موضوعی

irrigation

اصطلاح موضوعی

Islamic archaeology

اصطلاح موضوعی

landscape archaeology

اصطلاح موضوعی

Protohistory

اصطلاح موضوعی

radiocarbon dating

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Andrew Lamb

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Aurelie Cuénod

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Corisande Fenwick

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

David J. Mattingly

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Julia Nikolaus

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Katrien Janin

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Louise Rayne

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Maria Carmela Gatto

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Martin Sterry

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Niccoló Mugnai

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Nick Ray

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Youssef Bokbot

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/21915784-12340009

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y