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Cooking Pots and I slamicization in the Early Medieval V ega of G ranada ( A l‐ A ndalus, Sixth to Twelfth Centuries)
Author(s) -
Carvajal Jose C.,
Day Peter M.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/ojoa.12023
Subject(s) - petrography , consumption (sociology) , archaeology , advertising , geography , art , business , mineralogy , chemistry , aesthetics
Summary In this paper we undertake a petrographic analysis of cooking wares in order to explore the relationship between cultural change and issues of production, consumption and distribution of cooking wares, and particularly between political authority and the location of workshops in the early I slamic V ega of G ranada, a region in south‐eastern S pain. This work offers the possibility of testing the potential of thin section petrography in combination with a detailed archaeological study and a well‐documented historical background. Examination of both the technology and microprovenance of wares within the V ega has led to a fruitful set of results with an important impact on our understanding of the place of ceramic material culture on both the local and the regional scale.