Myths, Moors and Holy War
Reassessing the History and Archaeology of Gibraltar and the Straits, ad 711–1462
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10998670 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin Lane (0000-0001-6109-7799, corresponding author), Clive Finlayson (0000-0003-4795-9430), Uwe Vagelpohl, Francisco Giles Guzmán (0000-0002-8092-7302), FRANCISCO JOSÉ GILES GUZMÁN, Francisco Giles Pacheco (0000-0001-8699-7558) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 136-161 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medieval Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0076-6097 • E-ISSN: 1745-817X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/0076609714z.00000000034 |
| OpenAlex | W2069898401 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
WHEN DOCUMENTING GIBRALTAR's medieval history and that of its eponymous Straits, there is a tendency to accept at face value the historical accounts that relate the existential struggle for control of this strategic area between Christianity and Islam through time. For Gibraltar's history this entailed a continuous occupation from at least the 11th or even the 8th century to the present day. Fieldwork at Gibraltar over the last 20 years is transforming this picture. Instead of a slow diachronic development of the town and fortifications of Gibraltar, new evidence suggests relatively late, mainly Islamic construction work, mostly undertaken in the 13th and 14th centuries in response to the newly encroaching Christian forces from the north. In this scenario the Straits became a hotly contested battleground at that time, even one invested with religious significance by some observers, between competing Muslim and Christian factions. The archaeology of Gibraltar helps elucidate these shifting patterns of hegemony for control of the Straits, culminating in the Castilian victory in the 15th century
Ancient history · Archaeology · Moors · Mythology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classics · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
The Past is a Foreign Country
How Societies Remember
The Legacy of Muslim Spain
Recursos formales y constructivos en la arquitectura militar almohade de al-Andalus
Villes d'al-Andalus. L'Espagne et le Portugal a l'epoque musulmane (VIIIe-XVe siecles)
Ibn Battuta, Travels in Asia and Africa, 1325-1354. Translated and selected by H. A. R. Gibb. (The Broadway Travellers.) London
The Archaeology of Ethnogenesis
Frontiers and Boundaries in Archaeological Perspective
Introduction - The centrality of the periphery
Indians, Missionaries, and Merchants
Ancient Colonizations
The Early Islamic Settlement in Gibraltar
Culture Contact Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |