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Lost Civilization: The Contested Islamic Past in Spain and Portugal

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Lost Civilization: The Contested Islamic Past in Spain and Portugal
Authors and Contributors      By (author) James L Boone
Edited by Dr Richard Hodges
SeriesDebates in Archaeology
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:144
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 135
Category/GenreMedieval European archaeology
ISBN/Barcode 9780715635681
ClassificationsDewey:946.00882971
Audience
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Bristol Classical Press
Publication Date 15 January 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Al-Andalus, the Iberian Islamic civilization centred on Cordoba in the tenth and eleventh centuries, has been a 'lost' civilization in several respects. Its history suppressed or denied for much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it was regarded as a kind of 'historical parenthesis' with no lasting influence. Over the past twenty-five years, however, the history and archaeology of the Islamic period in the Iberian peninsula has undergone a complete transformation. Lost Civilization presents an introduction to this debate as it has played out in archaeology, taking a comparative civilizations approach that puts the formation of al-Andalus in context with corresponding developments elsewhere in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

Author Biography

James L. Boone is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico

Reviews

Boone's Lost civilization is a valuable essay upon the history of Islamic civilisation in the Iberian peninsula. * Antiquity (December 2010) *