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Article: Islamic archaeology in the Iberian peninsula and Morocco.(Research)(Bibliography)
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- Antiquity
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- December 1, 2005
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Introduction
This short article outlines published sources for the study of the archaeology of the medieval Islamic period in Spain, Portugal and Morocco (Figure 1), and then highlights some of the themes of current research. Medieval archaeology in the region was born out of an art historical approach to monumental buildings, which in places still enjoys a leading role. For example, the Deutsche Archaologische Institut (German Archaeological Institute) in Madrid recently published an overview of Islamic architecture and art objects (Ewert et al. 1997). The architectural history of the Moorish periods is also well documented (e.g. Barrucand & Bednorz 1992, ...