Out of the Cave: Changes in Funerary Customs in Early Islamic Palestine and Their Reflection in Kinship Dynamics
Based on the abundant evidence of funerary archaeology, this article examines the changing patterns from family/multiple to individual burial practices among non-Muslim and Muslim urban and rural societies of early Islamic Palestine, particularly between the seventh and ninth centuries as a possible...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2024
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| In: |
Medieval encounters
Year: 2024, Volume: 30, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 173-204 |
| Further subjects: | B
family burial caves
B early Islamic Palestine B Kinship B funerary customs B individual burials |
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| Summary: | Based on the abundant evidence of funerary archaeology, this article examines the changing patterns from family/multiple to individual burial practices among non-Muslim and Muslim urban and rural societies of early Islamic Palestine, particularly between the seventh and ninth centuries as a possible mirror of changes in kinship dynamics. The transformation from the use of family or communal burial caves to individual tombs is evaluated through several archaeological case-studies, and this change is interpreted vis-a-vis the country’s social and demographic background in the Early Islamic period. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0674 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Medieval encounters
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700674-12340184 |