Production and the Exploitation of Resources (The Formation of the Classical Islamic World, 11)

xxxiii, 364 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. Contents: Mining Sources of gold and silver according to al-Hamdani / D.M. Dunlop Preliminary report on the third phase of ancient mining survey Southwestern Province 1403 A.H. 1983 / J. Hester, Robert Hamilton, A. Rabbini, Khalid M. Eskoubi, and Majeed Khan Patterns of early Islamic Metallurgy in Oman /Ger Weisgerber Stock raising The edge of empire: the archaeology of pastoral nomads in the Southern Negev Highlands in late antiquity / Steven A. Rosen and Gideon Avni The Bedouins of Egypt during the first centuries of the Hijra / Abdel Hamid Saleh The relationship between pastoral nomadism and agriculture: Northern Syria and the Jazira in the eleventh century / Jean-Luc Krawczyk Agriculture Settlement of highlands and lowlands in early Islamic Damghan / Kathryn Maurer Trinkaus Rice in the Middle East in the first centuries of Islam / Marius Canard Managing a farm according to the Nabatean Agriculture / Toufic Fahd The calendar of agricultural tasks according to Al-Falaha al-Nabatiyya / Toufic Fahd Agriculture in Muslim Spain / Expiración García-Sánchez A medieval green revolution: new crops and farming techniques in the early Islamic world / Andrew M. Watson Irrigation Sassanian and early Islamic water-control and Irrigation systems on the Deh Luran Plan, Iran / James A. Neely The origin and spread of Qanats in the old world / Paul Ward English The origins of the Aflaj of Oman / J.C. Wilkinson Notes on traditional hydraulics and agriculture in Oman / Paolo M. Costa Hydraulic technology in Al-Andalus / Thomas F. Glick.…