Remarks on Samarra and the archaeology of large cities

Antiquity

Volumn 79, Issue 303, 2005, Pages 119-129

  Northedge, Alastair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Abbasid; Cities; Iraq; Ninth eleventh centuries AD; Urbanism

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; URBAN HISTORY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 17044385739     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00113742     Document Type: Article

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