The seventh annual Islamic Archaeology day hosted by SOAS and UCL will be held in at the UCL Institute of Archaeology on Saturday 11th March 2020, 11-6pm. The workshop presents papers on the latest archaeological research across the Islamic world and is followed by a drinks reception.
**For reduced early-bird tickets, please register by Sunday February 26th 2023**.
Organisers: Corisande Fenwick (UCL), Tom Fitton (UCL), Hugh Kennedy (SOAS/UCL), Scott Redford (SOAS), Aila Santi (SOAS), Paul Wordsworth (UCL)
Programme
Session 1
11:00 Welcome & Introduction
11:15 Formation of the Early Islamic Port of Sohar on the Batinah
Seth Priestman (Durham), Nasser Al-Jahwari (Sultan Qaboos), Eve MacDonald (Cardiff) and Derek Kennet (Durham)
11:40 Everyday life at early medieval Volubilis, Morocco
Corisande Fenwick (UCL), Elizabeth Fentress (UCL) and Hassan Limane (INSAP)
12:05 The Caliphal Palace of Samarra and its Riverside Garden: New Perspectives
Safa Mahmoudian (Oxford)
12:30 Material Identities at the Frontier: Perspectives from Al-Andalus
Aleks Pluskowski (Reading)
1:00 Lunch in SCR (6th Floor)
Session 2
2:00 Microstratigraphic perspectives on the development of Islamic castlescapes in Iberia
Rowena Banerjea (Reading)
2:25 Chinese Ceramic Consumption in Mediaeval Ethiopia: An Archaeological Perspective
Hannah Parsons-Morgan (Exeter)
2:50 Urban and rural dynamics in Andalusi and Mudejar subsistence practices in Gandia, Valencia: new results from stable isotope analysis
Michelle Alexander (York), Malite García Collado (UVP/EHU, York), Marcos García García (Alicante), Joan Negre (Museu Arqueològic de Gandia)
3:15 Modelling the medieval landscapes of Unguja Ukuu, Zanzibar
Tom Fitton (UCL) and Stephanie Wynne-Jones (York)
3:45 Tea break
Session 3
4:15 From Madīnat Ṣiqilliya/Balarm (Palermo) to Qurliyūn (Corleone): current archaeological research between suburbium and countryside during the Islamic period (9th-11th c. CE)
Angelo Castrorao Barba (Polish Academy of Sciences)
4:40 The Cosmopolitan Caspian: Nomadic Islamization and Trade in the Lower Volga (10th century CE)
Irina Shingiray (Oxford)
5:05 Decorating a Seljuk House in the Sultan Kala, Merv: an archaeological reconstruction
Richard McClary (York) and Tim Williams (UCL)
5:30 The Chinili Hamam in Zeyrek: An excavation in Istanbul and the V&A’s collection
Tim Stanley (V&A)
6-7pm Reception in SCR (6th Floor)
7 :15pm Dinner (for those who have pre-booked) at the Life Goddess, Store Street (£45 per head).
Registration online: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/islamic-archaeology-day-2023-tickets-539224654457?aff=esfb&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-source=fb&utm-term=listing&fbclid=IwAR3949jxdGw1CW9Z6Sivuf_GPHK0J4BSmaBHQI1py07u-j0Zju1ZkD-dYis
For more information on the Islamic Archaeology Network and its events: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/research/directory/islamic-archaeology-network