Khirbet al-Mafjar Reconsidered
The Ceramic Evidence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15913258 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald Whitcomb (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 271 |
| Pages | 51-67 |
| Publication date | 1988-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-097X • E-ISSN: 2161-8062 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1357040 |
| OpenAlex | W2318242993 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 3 |
Khirbet al-Mafjar is important as a well published example of an early Islamic "desert castle." Using data that Baramki provided, the present study reworks this large corpus of Islamic ceramics deriving new stratigraphic information and a chronological framework for the Mafjar ceramic types in four periods: Period I, 750-800; Period 2, 800-850; Period 3, 900-1000; and Period 4, 1200-1400. Within the context of the depositional history of the palace, this detailed analysis leads to revisions in our understanding of the history of the site. Thus, the earthquake of 747/8, however terrible it might have been, neither halted construction nor interrupted occupation of the palace. On the contrary, the suggested ceramic sequence bridges the "early Abbasid" hiatus and offers a heuristic model to be tested on early Islamic sites in Jordan and Palestine
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
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| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2025 (32) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |