The Archaeology of Irrigation Technology and Water Management in the Islamic World

Contents

Chapter 1. The Archaeology of Irrigation Technology and Water Management in the Islamic World. An Introduction – Timothy Insoll, Rachel MacLean and Salman Almahari

Chapter 2. The Archaeology of Water in Bahrain in the Islamic Period – Timothy Insoll, Rachel MacLean and Salman Almahari

Chapter 3. Archaeology of Water in Islamic Southern Arabia – Michael J. Harrower and Amir Zaribaf

Chapter 4. Water Management at Qurḥ/al-Mabiyat (North-West Arabia): Between the Exploitation of Natural Resources and the Mitigation of Risks – Friedrich W. Weigel, Anna Nilges, Patrick Keilholz and Arnulf Hausleiter

Chapter 5. Traditional Irrigation Systems in al-Aflaj Governorate, Saudi Arabia – Ajab Al-Otibi

Chapter 6. Old Water Structures in the Islamic City of al-Rabadha on the Hajj Road from Kufa to Makkah – Saad Abdulaziz Al-Rashid

Chapter 7. Irrigation Systems in the Iraqi Western Desert: Abu Jir Springs Line as a Case Study – Jaafar Jotheri, Rajwan Al-Mayali, Ali Al-Gburi, Louise Rayne, Abdulameer Al-Gabri, Ammar Haddad and Mustafa Al-Hamzah

Chapter 8. Oasis Construction on Landscape Scale: How Ancient Runoff Irrigation in the Southern Levant Created Fertile Agricultural Terrace Soils – Bernhard Lucke

Chapter 9. Beyond the Silk Roads Trade: Irrigated Agriculture in the Middle Zeravshan Valley, Samarkand Oasis (Uzbekistan) – Simone Mantellini

Chapter 10. The Archaeology of Water Management on the Swahili Coast of East Africa – Monika Baumanova

Chapter 11. Building Landscapes with Water in al-Andalus. Historical Irrigation Systems as Cultural Heritage and Examples of Sustainability and Resilience – José María Martín Civantos

Chapter 12. Water Management and Irrigation Systems in Islamic Sicily and Beyond – Angelo Castrorao Barba

Chapter 13. Interpretational Correlation between the Hydrological Infrastructure and Water Architecture in Islamic Alexandria within a Contemporary Urban Context – Mohamed Soliman

Chapter 14. The Potential of Istanbul’s Water Heritage for Current and Future Water-Related Challenges – Mariëtte Verhoeven

About the Author

Professor Timothy Insoll OBE is a Fellow of the British Academy and Al-Qasimi Professor of African and Islamic Archaeology in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter.

Dr Rachel MacLean is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology, University of Exeter, and has worked on the archaeology of Bahrain for 25 years.

Dr Salman Almahari is Director-General of Archaeology at the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities and is a leading specialist in the archaeology and heritage of Bahrain and the Gulf.