Community practice and religion at an Early Islamic cemetery in highland Central Asia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3575004 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elissa Bullion, Элисса Буллион (0000-0001-6651-968X, University of Pittsburgh, corresponding author), Farhod Maksudov (0000-0002-8492-0634, Academy of Sciences Republic of Uzbekistan), Edward R Henry (0000-0001-9798-3821, Colorado State University), Ann Merkle (0000-0002-9794-6999, Washington University in St. Louis), Michael Frachetti (0000-0001-6906-4334, Washington University in St. Louis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 387 |
| Pages | 628-645 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Antiquity Publications (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15184/aqy.2021.106 |
| OpenAlex | W4224262631 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 32 |
Archaeological studies of Early Islamic communities in Central Asia have focused on lowland urban communities. Here, the authors report on recent geophysical survey and excavation of an Early Islamic cemetery at Tashbulak in south-eastern Uzbekistan. AMS dating places the establishment of the cemetery in the mid-eighth century AD, making it one of the earliest Islamic burial grounds documented in Central Asia. Burials at Tashbulak conform to Islamic prescriptions for grave form and body deposition. The consistency in ritual suggests the existence of a funerary community of practice, challenging narratives of Islamic conversion in peripheral areas as a process of slow diffusion and emphasising the importance of archaeological approaches for documenting the diversity of Early Islamic communities
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Central asia · Excavation · Geography · Islam · Muslim community · Narrative · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History
Warfare, Labor, and Urban Stress
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |