Search for dissertations about: "islamic architecture"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words islamic architecture.

  2. 1. A future for the past of desert vernacular architecture : testing a novel conservation model and applied methodology in the town of Balat in Egypt

    Author : Marwa Dabaieh; Lund University; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; primitiv arkitektur; desert cities; prehistoric architecture; islamisk arkitektur; primitive architecture; islamic architecture; architectural history; forhistorisk arkitektur; oprindelig arkitektur; ørkenbyer; arkitekturhistorie; ørkenarkitektur; vernacular architecture;

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  4. 2. Swahili Social Landscapes : Material expressions of identity, agency, and labour in Zanzibar, 1000–1400 CE

    Author : Henriette Rødland; Neil Price; Stephanie Wynne-Jones; Paul Lane; Thomas Vernet-Habasque; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Swahili; social composition; agency; production; inequality; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the social and productive landscapes of Tumbatu and Mkokotoni, two neighbouring Swahili sites in the Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania, which are dated to the 11th to 15th centuries CE. Emerging on the East African coast around the 7th century CE, the Swahili culture has traditionally been associated with vast Indian Ocean trade networks, stone towns, and a cosmopolitan hierarchical Islamic society, within which social status was negotiated through imported prestige goods and stone architecture. READ MORE