Common narratives of 'decline' in Jordan and Syria during the Islamic periods are based on diminishing evidence of construction and maintenance of monumental architecture, and often consider man-made degradation of the environment, such as soil erosion due to mismanagement, as a key factor of reduced productivity. This contribution tackles the question of historic landscape change with a case study of the site of Abila in northern Jordan, and reviews the literature on the matter. Sediments in the Wadi Queilbeh near Abila suggest that two periods of rapid and significant deposition took place during the 6th and 14th-15th century AD, which were connected with extreme rainfalls induced by global climate variations. After the 6th century, a trend to general drier conditions is discernible. Other periods are characterized by absence of sedimentation, and soil distribution in the vicinity suggests stable and fertile conditions where water availability determines the agricultural potential. Changes of settlement and environment can be explained with reduced rainfalls during the Islamic periods that led to a shift of land use from market-orient agriculture towards subsistence farming. This reduced surpluses and thus less monumental buildings were built. The practice of a mixed economy with an increasing share of pastoralism was connected with natural reforestation of some areas, and seasonal use of many areas may have led to incorrect perceptions of 'empty' lands by European travelers. Tribes settled when they could realize the benefits of agriculture. Climate fluctuations most likely represent the underlying drivers of environmental and economic changes in northern Jordan during the Islamic periods.
{"title":"Climate, Land Use, and Landscape Change in Southern Bilad al-Sham (Northern Jordan) during the Islamic Periods","authors":"B. Lucke","doi":"10.1558/JIA.36954","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/JIA.36954","url":null,"abstract":"Common narratives of 'decline' in Jordan and Syria during the Islamic periods are based on diminishing evidence of construction and maintenance of monumental architecture, and often consider man-made degradation of the environment, such as soil erosion due to mismanagement, as a key factor of reduced productivity. This contribution tackles the question of historic landscape change with a case study of the site of Abila in northern Jordan, and reviews the literature on the matter. Sediments in the Wadi Queilbeh near Abila suggest that two periods of rapid and significant deposition took place during the 6th and 14th-15th century AD, which were connected with extreme rainfalls induced by global climate variations. After the 6th century, a trend to general drier conditions is discernible. Other periods are characterized by absence of sedimentation, and soil distribution in the vicinity suggests stable and fertile conditions where water availability determines the agricultural potential. Changes of settlement and environment can be explained with reduced rainfalls during the Islamic periods that led to a shift of land use from market-orient agriculture towards subsistence farming. This reduced surpluses and thus less monumental buildings were built. The practice of a mixed economy with an increasing share of pastoralism was connected with natural reforestation of some areas, and seasonal use of many areas may have led to incorrect perceptions of 'empty' lands by European travelers. Tribes settled when they could realize the benefits of agriculture. Climate fluctuations most likely represent the underlying drivers of environmental and economic changes in northern Jordan during the Islamic periods.","PeriodicalId":41225,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Islamic Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2019-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44633188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Material Culture: Consumption and Materiality on the Coast of Precolonial East Africa, by Stephanie Wynne-Jones","authors":"S. Pradines","doi":"10.1558/JIA.35280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/JIA.35280","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41225,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Islamic Archaeology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2018-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41641699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Bouchaud, H. Monchot, F. Villeneuve, P. Makowski, A. Marrast
{"title":"Agro-pastoral productions and landscape evolution during Antiquity and Islamic periods (AD 1st–12th centuries) at Dharih (Jordan)","authors":"C. Bouchaud, H. Monchot, F. Villeneuve, P. Makowski, A. Marrast","doi":"10.1558/JIA.37691","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/JIA.37691","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41225,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Islamic Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2018-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43126615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Ros, José Antonio Rodríguez García, M. Alonso, Sophie Gilotte
{"title":"Bioarchaeological Results from the House 1 at Albalat (Romangordo, Extremadura, Spain): Agriculture, Livestock and Environment at the Margin of al-Andalus","authors":"J. Ros, José Antonio Rodríguez García, M. Alonso, Sophie Gilotte","doi":"10.1558/JIA.37692","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/JIA.37692","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41225,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Islamic Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2018-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43823350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vladimir Dabrowski, M. Tengberg, T. Creissen, A. Rougeulle
{"title":"Plant Supplying Strategies in an Islamic Omani Harbour City: Archaeobotanical Analysis from a Workshop (B39) in Qalhāt (XIVth-XVIth c. AD)","authors":"Vladimir Dabrowski, M. Tengberg, T. Creissen, A. Rougeulle","doi":"10.1558/JIA.37690","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/JIA.37690","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41225,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Islamic Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2018-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43993013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Castles of North-west Greece: From the Early Byzantine Period to the Eve of the First World War, by Allan Brooks","authors":"S. Pradines","doi":"10.1558/JIA.37697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/JIA.37697","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41225,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Islamic Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2018-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48257145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Guest Editors Preface","authors":"Haeedeh Laleh, M. Mashkour, Vladimir Dabrowski","doi":"10.1558/jia.37688","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/jia.37688","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41225,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Islamic Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2018-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49615433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Agricultural Landscape of Nishapur and the Hinterland of a Metropole","authors":"Zahra Lorzadeh, Haeedeh Laleh","doi":"10.1558/JIA.37689","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/JIA.37689","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41225,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Islamic Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2018-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46598496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Islamic-Byzantine Frontier: Interaction and Exchange among Muslim and Christian communities, by A. Asa Eger","authors":"P. Wood","doi":"10.1558/JIA.37696","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/JIA.37696","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41225,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Islamic Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2018-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45638866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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