Papers by Kristoffer Damgaard
Access Granted:The Phenomenology of Approach in Early Islamic Palatial Architecture
The View from Ẓafār:An Archaeometric Study of the ʿAqaba Pottery Complex and its Distribution in the 1st Millennium CE
Vikingernes kontakt med den islamiske verden
Aylah Archaeological Project
Sheltering the Faithful:Visualising the Umayyad Mosque in Jarash
Finding Fatimid Jordan:A reinterpretation of Aylah's 'Fatimid Residence
Mare Oeconomicus:Om potteskår og globalisering i ny dansk forskning ved Rødehavet
Ayla e le ret economiche globalizzate del primo periodo islamico / Ayla and the globalised economic networks of early Islam
Institution to Production:Urban development in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages
Access Granted: The Phenomenology of Approach in Early Islamic Palatial Architecture
International Journal of Islamic Architecture, 2013
The Umayyad congregational mosque of Jarash in Jordan and its relationship to early mosques
Antiquity, 2005
The early mosque at Jarash is reconstructed by archaeological excavation and survey and attribute... more The early mosque at Jarash is reconstructed by archaeological excavation and survey and attributed to a wave of urban renewal in the reign of caliph Hisham (AD 724-743).
The following is a short summation of the results of 7 weeks of excavation (21 January – 6 March ... more The following is a short summation of the results of 7 weeks of excavation (21 January – 6 March 2008) at the archaeological site of Ayla, located in Aqaba in southern Jordan. The excavations constitute a part of a larger archaeological venture, the Islamic Aqaba Project, which is funded by the University of Gent and directed by Prof. Dr. Johnny De Meulemeester. Among the central scientific aims of the project is the mapping of settlement patterns in Islamic Aqaba (650-1922 CE) in order to achieve an understanding of the site’s occupational morphology. Previous seasons have centered on Aqaba Castle and its immediate surroundings, however, this season the archaeological work conducted in Aqaba was expanded to include the early Islamic (c.650-1100 CE) urban core – the site known as Ayla – as well. Due to the preliminary nature of this season’s investigation of Ayla, our main ambition for this season was to lay out two diagnostic excavation units in order to establish an indicative str...
Institution til Produktion: Urban udvikling i senantikken og den tidlige middelalderUrban development in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages
Aylah: Palestine's Harbour on the China Sea
From Tusk to Town
Studies in Late Antiquity
This article investigates the nature of usage, as well as the geographical origin, of a small gro... more This article investigates the nature of usage, as well as the geographical origin, of a small group of ivory artifacts recently discovered in the earliest exposed cultural depositions at the Early Islamic (650–1100 C.E.) port of Aylah (Aqaba, Jordan). In addition to explaining the finds and the significance of their context for interpreting possible historical implications, the article uses a range of techniques to learn more about the raw material. In combining archaeological, visual, and biomolecular analyses on these ivories, fresh perspectives are provided that shed new light on the infrastructure and geographical scope of late antique and early medieval trade systems. Moreover, it informs us about the economic and commercial roles played by Red Sea ports in this period and highlights the potential of analyzing organic artifacts from sites in the region to reveal new details and characteristics of historical Indian Ocean trade networks.
From Tusk to Town
Studies in Late Antiquity
This article investigates the nature of usage, as well as the geographical origin, of a small gro... more This article investigates the nature of usage, as well as the geographical origin, of a small group of ivory artifacts recently discovered in the earliest exposed cultural depositions at the Early Islamic (650–1100 C.E.) port of Aylah (Aqaba, Jordan). In addition to explaining the finds and the significance of their context for interpreting possible historical implications, the article uses a range of techniques to learn more about the raw material. In combining archaeological, visual, and biomolecular analyses on these ivories, fresh perspectives are provided that shed new light on the infrastructure and geographical scope of late antique and early medieval trade systems. Moreover, it informs us about the economic and commercial roles played by Red Sea ports in this period and highlights the potential of analyzing organic artifacts from sites in the region to reveal new details and characteristics of historical Indian Ocean trade networks.
Exhibition Reviews
International Journal of Islamic Architecture, 2012
The early mosque at Jarash is reconstructed by archaeological excavation and survey and attribute... more The early mosque at Jarash is reconstructed by archaeological excavation and survey and attributed to a wave of urban renewal in the reign of caliph Hisham (AD 724-743).
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