List of Figures.
List of Plates.
Acknowledgements.
1. Introduction.
2. The Mosque.
3. The Domestic Environment.
4. Muslim Life.
5. Art, Trade and Ideas.
6. Death and Burial.
7. The Community Environment.
8. The Archaeology of Islam?.
References.
Index.
Timothy Insoll is currently a Research Fellow in Archaeology at St John's College, Cambridge. From January 1999 he has been appointed a lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Manchester. He has conducted fieldwork in Mali, Eritrea, India, Uganda, Turkey and the UK. He has published numerous papers in academic journals, and one of his most recent publications, a monograph, is Islam, Archaeology and History: The Gao Region, Mali.
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