Pearlfishers, townsfolk, Bedouin and Shaykhs: Economic and social relations in Islamic Al-Zubarah
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Pearlfishers, townsfolk, Bedouin and Shaykhs : Economic and social relations in Islamic Al-Zubarah. / Richter, Tobias; Wordsworth, Paul David; Walmsley, Alan George.
I: Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, Bind 41, 2011, s. 317-332.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Pearlfishers, townsfolk, Bedouin and Shaykhs
T2 - Economic and social relations in Islamic Al-Zubarah
AU - Richter, Tobias
AU - Wordsworth, Paul David
AU - Walmsley, Alan George
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Two seasons of excavation at the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century settlement of al-Zubarah in north-west Qatar provide an insight into the emergence and development of early modern pearl-fishing and -trading settlements in the Persian Gulf. Here we present a preliminary overview of the archaeological phases identified so far at the site, discuss characteristics of al-Zubarah’s urban layout, show how archaeology can contribute to the identification of social and economic differences, and further highlight the crucial role of al-Zubarah’s hinterland in supporting the pearl-fishing and -trading economy.
AB - Two seasons of excavation at the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century settlement of al-Zubarah in north-west Qatar provide an insight into the emergence and development of early modern pearl-fishing and -trading settlements in the Persian Gulf. Here we present a preliminary overview of the archaeological phases identified so far at the site, discuss characteristics of al-Zubarah’s urban layout, show how archaeology can contribute to the identification of social and economic differences, and further highlight the crucial role of al-Zubarah’s hinterland in supporting the pearl-fishing and -trading economy.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Qatar
KW - pearl trade
KW - al-Zubarah
KW - urbanism
KW - hinterland
M3 - Journal article
VL - 41
SP - 317
EP - 332
JO - Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies
JF - Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies
SN - 0308-8421
ER -
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