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The archaeology of Islam in Britain: recognition and potential

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Andrew Petersen
Andrew Petersen*
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*Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Wales Lampeter, Ceredigion, SA48 7ED, UK (Email: andrewduncanpetersen@yahoo.co.uk)
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Abstract

What did the British know about Islam before the modern period? The author reviews evidence which shows that there was contact with, and appreciation of, Muslim culture from almost the time of the Hegira in the seventh century. This appreciation varied and was reflected in different choices of material culture: coinage, ceramics and architecture, in successive periods from the eighth century to the nineteenth.

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BritainIslamic archaeologycoinageceramicsarchitecture
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Debate
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Antiquity , Volume 82 , Issue 318 , December 2008 , pp. 1080 - 1092
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2008

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