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Journal of Islamic Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-09-12 DOI: 10.1558/jia.23646

Carmen González Gutiérrez

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Quantitative Analysis of Ceramics and the Formation of the Archaeological Record in Madinat Ilbirah (Granada, Spain) Madinat Ilbirah（西班牙格拉纳达）陶瓷的定量分析和考古记录的形成

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Journal of Islamic Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-09-12 DOI: 10.1558/jia.23643

Miguel Jiménez Puertas

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Islamic Lives of Iberian Megaliths 伊比利亚巨岩的伊斯兰生活

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Journal of Islamic Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-09-12 DOI: 10.1558/jia.23647

K. Lillios

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“Cup of Pharaoh” from Samarra and the Reuse of Ancient spolia as Water Features in the medieval Islamic World 萨迈拉的“法老之杯”和中世纪伊斯兰世界对古水景的再利用

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Journal of Islamic Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-09-12 DOI: 10.1558/jia.23645

P. Brown

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Something Ends, Something Begins 有些事情结束了，有些事情开始了

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Journal of Islamic Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-09-12 DOI: 10.1558/jia.23642

J. C. Carvajal López

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Refuse Usage and Architectural Reuse in the Field 垃圾利用与建筑再利用

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Journal of Islamic Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-09-12 DOI: 10.1558/jia.23644

I. Taxel, Joel Roskin

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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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An Inscribed Ballista Stone from Apollonia-Arsuf, Israel, and Stone-throwing Siege Machines in the Medieval Near East 以色列阿苏夫的Ballista石碑和中世纪近东的投石攻城机

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Journal of Islamic Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-02-16 DOI: 10.1558/jia.20280

S. Heidemann, D. Nicolle, O. Tal

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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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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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