This study describes and illustrates, with plans, drawings and  photographs, 75 of the defensive towers in the Emirate of Ras  al-Khaimah, which occupies the western side of the Musandam  peninsula at the entrance to the Arabian Gulf. The material comes  from a survey undertaken between December 1991 and January 1992,  and includes an introduction discussing geography, history,  typology and distribution, and construction techniques and  features.

The Towers of Ras al-Khaimah (BAR International)

Arts & Photography

Connolly, David

Kennet, Derek

History & Criticism

British Archaeological Reports

<p>Samarra in central Iraq was the capital of the Abbasid caliphate from 836 to 892 AD. The Archaeological Atlas of Samarra sets out to map and catalogue the site and buildings of the Abbasid capital at Samarra in the period 836 to 892 AD, preserved as they were until the middle years of the 20th century. Site maps and catalogues are provided of all the approximately 5819 building and site units identified. This is the first time that it has been possible to catalogue nearly all the buildings of one of the world’s largest ancient cities, from the caliph palaces to the smallest hovels.<br>This digital resource, currently under construction, aims to supplement the publication. It will reproduce all of the printed figures, giving users an enhanced view of the archaeological map of Samarra.</p>

Samarra Studies II: Archaeological Atlas of Samarra

History

Northedge, A.

Ancient Civilizations

British Institute for the Study of Iraq

Proceedings of a Conference held at Durham University, November 3rd and 4th, 2001. Organized by the Centre for Iranian Studies, IMEIS and the Department of Archaeology of Durham University.  Papers presented on Current Research in Sasanian Archaeology, Art and History from a Conference held at Durham University, November 3rd and 4th, 2001. Contents: The Functional Layout of the Fire Sanctuary at Takht-i Sulaiman (Dietrich Huff); The Discovery of a Sasanian Period Fire Temple at Bandiyan, Dargaz (Mehdi Rahbar); A Sasanian Site at Barbar, Bahrain (Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis and Sen F. Andersen); Sasanian Coins from æUman and Bairayn (Derek Kennet); Suburb or slum? Excavations at Merv (Turkmenistan) and Observations on Stratigraphy, Refuse and Material Culture in a Sasanian City (St John Simpson); The Destruction of the Late Antique World Order (James Howard-Johnston); Bishops or Bureaucrats?: Christian Clergy and the State in the Middle Sasanian Period (Scott McDonough); History and Historiography: the Court Genre in Arabic and the Fatinamah-i Sind (Valeria Fiorani Piacentini); Iranian Society in the Sasanian Period (Hassan Karimian); The Great Families in the Sasanian Empire: some Sigillographic Evidence (Rika Gyselen); æDionysiacÆ Iconographic Themes in the Context of Sasanian Religious Architecture (Pierfrancesco Callieri); A Metamorphosis in Sasanian Silverwork: the Triumph of Dionysos? (Mehdi Moussavi Kouhpar and Timothy Taylor); Royal and Religious Symbols on Early Sasanian Coins (Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis); New Perspectives on Sasanian Rock Reliefs (Hubertus von Gall).

Current Research in Sasanian Archaeology, Art and History (BAR International)

World

This analysis of trade in the Western Indian Ocean between the  Sasanian period in the 4th century AD and the present day is  based on a classification of ceramics from Ras al-Khaimah in the  United Arab Emirates. Many thousands of fragments have been  unearthed during ten years of excavations and these are divided  into a catalogue of over 100 types. This followed by a discussion  of the origin of the vessels, both locally and further afield,  and of chronological patterns in their manufacture and  distribution. Sections also discuss glass vesssels and pottery  from India and the Far East.

Sasanian and Islamic Pottery from Ras al-Khaimah (British Archaeological Reports British Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Archaeology

Sasanian and Islamic Settlement and Ceramics in Southern Iran (4th to 17th Century AD): The Williamson Collection Project (British Institute of Persian Studies, Archaeological Monograph Series)

Priestman, Seth M.N.

Middle East

Oxbow Books

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