商品簡介
Five essays from the seminar analyze different sites and regions, based on archaeological monuments for artifacts, to explore processes of adaptation or adjustment to local cultural complexes. Among the case studies are two early Islamic settlements on Palestine's desert periphery, Samarkand in the eighth century, and Swahili identity. There is no index. Distributed in the US by the David Brown Book Company. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Donald Whitcomb is a Research Associate (Associate Professor) in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
