Carvajal Lopez, JC;
(2019)
Crafting History: How the World Is Made. The Case of Islamic Archaeology.
In: Burke, C and Spencer-Wood, S, (eds.)
Crafting in the World.
(pp. 77-98).
Springer: Cham, Switzerland.
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Abstract
In this paper an archaeological and theoretical perspective that builds a relationship between the concepts of craft and of identity is presented. Both of them are concepts very widely used in archaeological and anthropological theory nowadays, and they have often been linked in field studies. However, these concepts are usually contemplated from very different points of view and with many diverse implications in each case. One of the aims of this paper is to show that craft and identity can be inserted in a common theoretical framework which in turn can be used to understand cultural change or, in other words, history within culture. The paper will start with a necessary theoretical introduction to different concepts related to craft and identity, and then a discussion on how to link these different concepts will follow. In the last part of the paper, this theoretical perspective will be applied to a field which is familiar to the author, that of Islamic archaeology. A case example of the author’s research in the Vega of Granada (southeast Spain) will be brought to the fore. This part of the paper will show how the theoretical discussion developed above can contribute to solve one of the core questions of this field, that of the definition of an Islamic culture and its application to understand the daily life of people living within it.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Crafting History: How the World Is Made. The Case of Islamic Archaeology |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-65088-3_5 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65088-3_5 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Craft, Archaeological theory, Cultural change, Islamic archaeology, Islamization |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > VP: International UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > VP: International > UCL - Qatar |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10027899 |
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