Dwelling Models of Umayyad Madā’in and Qusūr in Greater Syria

Alan Walmsley

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    Abstract

    Review of Giuseppe Labisi: Dwelling Models of Umayyad Madā’in and Quṣūr in Greater Syria. (BAR International Series 3004.). Oxford: BAR Publishing, 2020. ISBNs: 9781407357225, 97814073572352.

    Labisi’s book brings a solid, evidence-based approach to describing and understanding the role and significance of “living units” within much larger architectural constructions. It sets authoritative guidelines and techniques with which effectively to assess the major role of residential quarters in the Umayyad architectural tradition.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)569-571
    Number of pages3
    JournalBulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
    Volume84
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Oct 2021

    Keywords

    • architecture
    • residential
    • settlement archaeology
    • Levant
    • Syria-Palestine
    • Islamic architecture
    • spatial analysis

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