Sherds and the city: pottery production, society and the changing urban fabric of Fustat, Egypt
Sherds and the city: pottery production, society and the changing urban fabric of Fustat, Egypt
This paper coordinates archaeological information on the changing urban landscape of Egypt’s first Islamic-era capital, Fustat, with topographical, social and economic insights from the Geniza archive and other sources. A focus on the organization of the city’s pottery industry provides new insights into the multiple “abandonments” and reoccupations familiar from historical sources, showing how diverse residential areas were turned to industrial use (and back) via adaptable transitional processes.
Egypt, Fustat, urbanism, industry, pottery
433-452
Gascoigne, Alison L.
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Sheehan, Peter D.
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Gascoigne, Alison L.
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Sheehan, Peter D.
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Gascoigne, Alison L. and Sheehan, Peter D.
(2024)
Sherds and the city: pottery production, society and the changing urban fabric of Fustat, Egypt.
Journal of Field Archaeology, 49 (6), .
(doi:10.1080/00934690.2024.2374148).
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This paper coordinates archaeological information on the changing urban landscape of Egypt’s first Islamic-era capital, Fustat, with topographical, social and economic insights from the Geniza archive and other sources. A focus on the organization of the city’s pottery industry provides new insights into the multiple “abandonments” and reoccupations familiar from historical sources, showing how diverse residential areas were turned to industrial use (and back) via adaptable transitional processes.
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Pottery in Fustat: Author Accepted Manuscript
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Sherds and the City Pottery Production Society and the Changing Urban Fabric of Fustat Egypt
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Submitted date: 4 May 2023
Accepted/In Press date: 4 April 2024
e-pub ahead of print date: 16 July 2024
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Egypt, Fustat, urbanism, industry, pottery
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/490268
ISSN: 2042-4582
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