The Byzantine and early Islamic Near East II. Land use and settlement patterns

(Some pages are blurry)This volume revisits archaeological evidence from Syria, Palestine, the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Egypt describing a variety of land-use patterns and the development of a particular type of settlement across the Near East. 1. Pierre-Louis Gatier, Villages du Proche-Orient protobyzantin (4eme-7eme s.): Etude regionale 2. Henry Innes Macadam, Settlements and Settlement Patterns in Northern and Central Transjordania, c. 550 - c. 750 3. Yoram Tsafrir and Gideon Foerster, From Scythopolis to Baysān - Changing Concepts of Urbanism 4. Ali Zeyadeh, Settlement Patterns: An Archaeological Perspective. Case Studies from Northern Palestine and Jordan 5. Robert Schick, The Settlement Pattern of Southern Jordan: The Nature of the Evidence 6. Donald Whitcomb, The Misr of Ayla: Settlement at al-'Aqaba in the Early Islamic Period 7. George T. Scanlon, Al-Fustāt: The Riddle of the Earliest Settlement 8. G. R. D. King, Settlement in Western and Central Arabia and the Gulf in the Sixth-Eighth Centuries A.D. 9. Mikhail B. Piotrovsky, Late Ancient and Early Mediaeval Yemen: Settlement Traditions and Innovations 10. Michael G. Morony, Land Use and Settlement Patterns in Late Sasanian and Early Islamic Iraq 11. Alastair Northedge, Archaeology and New Urban Settlement in Early Islamic Syria and Iraq This volume presents a much needed addition to the history of the transit from Byzantine to Islamic administration and a welcome survey of recent archaeology of an understudied period (Gladys Frantz-Murphy) This Volume Series Presents A Collection Of Critical Analyses Of The Structure, Historical Development, And Composition Of The Elite Strata Of Late Roman, Byzantine, And Early Islamic Societies In The Eastern Mediterranean Basin. Elite Culture And Elite Strata In Societies Leave An Unmistakable Record In The Literature And In The Visual And Material Culture Of The World. The Contributors To This Series Set Out To Analyze Aspects Of These Phenomena In The Late Ancient And Early Medieval Eastern Mediterranean World. Culture Change, Economic Foundations, Political Roles And Function, Social Composition, And Background And Origins Of Old And New Elites Are The Focus Of The Contributions By Scholars Who Deal With The Fate Of The Later Roman Elite And Its Successors. The Ways In Which Elites Perceived Themselves And How They Created, Maintained, And Enhanced Their Identity, And The Ways In Which Others Both Within And Outside Of Their Own Society And Culture Saw Them Are Important! Themes. The Structure Of New Byzantine Elites And The Role Of Late Roman And Byzantine Provincial Elite Society, The Development Of New Elites In Early Islamic Society, The Role Played By Pre-state Elites And Their Fluctuating Identities In The Context Of Clan And Tribal Social Organizations Are All Treated. [v.] 1. Problems In The Literary Source Material / Edited By Averil Cameron And Lawrence I. Conrad -- [v.] 2. Land Use And Settlement Patterns / Edited By G.r.d. King And Averil Cameron -- V. 3. States, Resources And Armies / Edited By Averil Cameron -- [v.] 6. Elites Old And New In The Byzantine And Early Islamic Near East / Edited By John Haldon Anf Lawrence I. Conrad. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. This book presents a series of critical analyses of the structure, historical development, and composition of the elite strata of late Roman, Byzantine, and early Islamic societies in the eastern Mediterranean basin. Elite culture and elite strata in societies leave an unmistakable record in the literature and in the visual and material culture of the world. The contributors to this volume set out to analyze aspects of these phenomena in the late ancient and early medieval eastern Mediterranean world. Culture change, economic foundations, political roles and function, social composition, and background and origins of old and new elites are the focus of the contributions by scholars who deal with the fate of the later Roman elite and its successors. The ways in which elites perceived themselves and how they created, maintained, and enhanced their identity, and the ways in which others both within and outside of their own society and culture saw them are important! themes. The structure of new Byzantine elites and the role of late Roman and Byzantine provincial elite society, the development of new elites in early Islamic society, the role played by pre-state elites and their fluctuating identities in the context of clan and tribal social organizations are all treated. In addition, the volume includes important studies of the ways in which elite culture expressed itself in these different socio-cultural environments, both through literary as well as visual media. Contributors include: Hugh Kennedy, Leslie Brubaker, Zeev Rubin, Nadia-Maria El-Cheikh, William Lancaster and Felicity Lancaster, Averil Cameron, Claudia Rapp, Michael Morony, Elizabeth Jeffreys and John Haldon. Vol. 2 : papers of the 2nd workshop on late antiquity and early Islam. Vol. 3 : papers of the 3rd workshop on late antiquity and early Islam. Vol. 6 : papers of the 6th workshop on late antiquity and early Islam. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Problems in the literary source material / edited by Averil Cameron and Lawrence I. Conrad -- 2. Land use and settlement patterns / edited by G.R.D. King and Averil Cameron -- 3. States, resources, and armies / edited by Averil Cameron -- 6. Elites old and new in the Byzantine and early Islamic Near East / edited by John Haldon and Lawrence I. Conrad