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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
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
2042-4582
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), 433-452. (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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Submitted date: 4 May 2023
Accepted/In Press date: 4 April 2024
e-pub ahead of print date: 16 July 2024
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Keywords: Egypt, Fustat, urbanism, industry, pottery

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Local EPrints ID: 490268
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/490268
ISSN: 2042-4582
PURE UUID: 4b3dcc53-b3ea-4a66-a29a-cb07f3d49f20
ORCID for Alison L. Gascoigne: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2742-9483

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Date deposited: 22 May 2024 16:53
Last modified: 05 Oct 2024 01:44

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Author: Peter D. Sheehan

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