Language:
English
Year of publication:
2024
Titel der Quelle:
Medieval Encounters; Jewish, Christian and Muslim Culture in Confluence and Dialogue
Angaben zur Quelle:
30,2-3 (2024) 173-204
Keywords:
Tombs
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Islamic funeral rites and ceremonies
;
Eretz Israel History 638-1099
;
Eretz Israel Antiquities
Abstract:
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.
DOI:
10.1163/15700674-12340184
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