TY  - BOOK
AU  - Avni,Gideon
TI  - The Byzantine-Islamic transition in Palestine: an archaeological approach 
T2  - Oxford studies in Byzantium
SN  - 9780199684335
AV  - DS111 .A96 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Excavations (Archaeology)
KW  - Palestine
KW  - History / ukslc
KW  - Palestine / Antiquities Byzantine
KW  - Church history
KW  - History
KW  - 70-638
KW  - 638-1917
KW  - Islamic Empire
KW  - Relations
KW  - Byzantine Empire
KW  - Middle East
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-414) and index; Prologue: four eyewitness accounts versus 'arguments in stone' -- 1. Shifting paradigms for the Byzantine-Islamic transition -- 2. From polis to madina: the evolution of large urban communities -- 3. A tale of two cities: Jerusalem and Ramla in the early Islamic period -- 4. The changing land: settlement patterns and ethnic identities -- 5. The transformation of settlement and society: a synthesis -- 6. Conclusion
ER  -