Experiment and innovation: Early Islamic industry at al-Raqqa, Syria

Julian Henderson; Keith Challis; Sarah O'Hara; Sean McLoughlin; Adam Gardner; Gary Priestnall

doi:10.1017/S0003598X00113754

Experiment and innovation: Early Islamic industry at al-Raqqa, Syria

Julian Henderson, Keith Challis, Sarah O'Hara, Sean McLoughlin, Adam Gardner, Gary Priestnall

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Abstract

The city of al-Raqqa in north central Syria rivalled early Baghdad in scale, and was briefly during the 'Abbasid caliphate the imperial capital of an empire stretching from North Africa to Central Asia. Now largely levelled the multifaceted Islamic cityscape is revealed by aerial and satellite imagery. It is at this site that the evidence of innovative Islamic industries has been revealed by excavations undertaken by the Raqqa Ancient Industry project since 1994. Here they discuss the production models for glass and ceramics in their socio-economic contexts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	130-145
Number of pages	16
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	79
Issue number	303
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00113754
Publication status	Published - Mar 2005
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Ceramics
Glass
Industry
Islamic
Ragga
Syria
Technology

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Archaeology
General Arts and Humanities

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