Raffaele Ranieri (3 results)

Brossura. Condition: new. Sesto Fiorentino, 2025; br., pp. 146, ill. Libro.

Condition: NEW. SESTO FIORENTINO: All'Insegna del Giglio, 2025 9788892853416 Florence studies in Medieval Afro-Eurasia 1,1 420 N vol.: 1, N pag.: 146, Peso: 420, L: 29.7, W: 21, Illustr.: COL + B/N The volume investigates the dynamics of pottery production and consumption in southern Bilad al-Sham during the 12th and 13th centuries, using the archaeological site of Shawbak Castle (Jordan) as a case study. Based on the author's doctoral dissertation, the research analyzes several thousand ceramic fragments recovered from stratigraphically reliable contexts, through material culture and typological study methods. It examines the characteristics of the pottery in relation to the socio-economic dynamics of the period, spanning the Crusader, Ayyubid, and Mamluk eras. The study provides critical insights into the role of unglazed wheel-thrown pottery in medieval Jordan and enhances the ability to analyze and interpret socio-economic and production contexts in the region. The archaeological investigations, whose data are analyzed in this research, were conducted by the Italian Archaeological Mission Medieval Petra Shobak Project, with the support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the University of Florence, in collaboration with the Department of Antiquities of Jordan.

Brossura. Condition: nuovo. Insegna del Giglio, 2024. 146pp, illustrazioni in bianconero e colore -- Descrizione The volume investigates the dynamics of pottery production and consumption in southern Bilad al-Sham during the 12th and 13th centuries, using the archaeological site of Shawbak Castle (Jordan) as a case study. Based on the author's doctoral dissertation, the research analyzes several thousand ceramic fragments recovered from stratigraphically reliable contexts, through material culture and typological study methods. It examines the characteristics of the pottery in relation to the socio-economic dynamics of the period, spanning the Crusader, Ayyubid, and Mamluk eras. The study provides critical insights into the role of unglazed wheel-thrown pottery in medieval Jordan and enhances the ability to analyze and interpret socio-economic and production contexts in the region. The archaeological investigations, whose data are analyzed in this research, were conducted by the Italian Archaeological Mission Medieval Petra Shobak Project, with the support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the University of Florence, in collaboration with the Department of Antiquities of Jordan. Sommario Part 1. STUDY Letter from the Series Editors Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Pottery from Crusader, Ayyubid, and Mamluk periods (12th-13th centuries) in southern Bilad al-Sham: considerations on Status Quaestionis 3. The Shawbak Castle: a Case-Study 3.1 Historical-Geographical Framework 3.2 The Progress of Archaeological Research at the Shawbak Castle Site 3.3 Description of the Excavation Areas . 3.4 Summary (Synthesis) of the Settlement Phases (Occupation History) 4. Wheel-made Pottery from Crusader, Ayyubid, and Mamluk Contexts at Shawbak: Typological Analyses 4.1 Quantification of the Test Sample (Pottery Corpus) 4.2 Typologies from Shawbak 5. Pottery Production and Consumption at Shawbak (and in southern Bilad Al-Sham). Some reflections on the interactions between humans and things 5.1 Final Considerations on (plain wheel-made) Pottery from the 12th and 13th century phases in Shawbak, Transjordan, and Southern Bilad Al-Sham: An Attempt at Chronology 6. Conclusions and research prospects 6.1 Final remarks 6.2 Research prospects Bibliography Part 2. CATALOG 7. Catalog 7.1 Conventions used in the Catalog: Introduction to Macro-Typologies from Shawbak 7.2 Wheel-made plain ware 7.3 Association Pottery Stratigraphic Phases (Phases and Chronology).