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Mitigating Water Scarcity in the Medieval and Islamic Periods 缓解中世纪和伊斯兰时期的水资源短缺

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Journal of Islamic Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-02-16 DOI: 10.1558/jia.20244

Yinon Shivtiel, A. Frumkin, M. Bar-Matthews

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Medieval Boom in the North-west Sahara 撒哈拉西北部中世纪的繁荣

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Journal of Islamic Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-02-16 DOI: 10.1558/jia.20440

Corisande Fenwick, M. Sterry, D. Mattingly, Louise Rayne, Y. Bokbot

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Al-Andalus desde el mar. Una aproximación al sistema portuario de la Almeria andalusí, by Marta Del Mastro Ochoa. 《安达卢西亚阿尔梅里亚港口系统的方法》，Marta Del Mastro Ochoa著。

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Journal of Islamic Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-02-16 DOI: 10.1558/jia.22046

J. Collazo

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Politics of Production, Glass Provenance and Social Context on the Early Islamic Silk Roads 早期伊斯兰丝绸之路上的生产政治、玻璃来源和社会背景

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Journal of Islamic Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-02-16 DOI: 10.1558/jia.20773

J. Henderson

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All Things Arabia: Arabian Identity and Material Culture, edited by Ileana Baird and Hülya Yagcioglu. 《阿拉伯的一切:阿拉伯人的身份和物质文化》，由伊莱安娜·贝尔德和赫莱娅·亚吉奥格鲁编辑。

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Journal of Islamic Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-02-16 DOI: 10.1558/jia.22045

R. Carter

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From Baybars to Qaytbay

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Journal of Islamic Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-02-16 DOI: 10.1558/jia.18720

Gali Agnon

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Dariali: The “Caspian Gates” in the Caucasus from Antiquity to the Age of the Huns and the Middle Ages, The Joint Georgian-British Dariali Gorge Excavations and Surveys, 2013–2016, edited by E. W. Sauer. Dariali:高加索地区从古代到匈奴和中世纪的“里海之门”，《格鲁吉亚-英国DarialiGorge联合挖掘和调查》，2013-2016，E.W.Sauer编辑。