The Last Civilized Place: Sijilmasa and its Saharan Destiny

by Ronald A. Messier and James A. Miller. University of Texas Press, 2015. 296pp., 42 b&w photos, 14 b&w illust, 11 maps. Pb. $29.95. ISBN-13: 9781477311356.

Authors

  • François-Xavier Fauvelle University of Toulouse

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jia.35276

Keywords:

Morocco, ibn Battuta, trans-Saharan trade, rammed earth architecture

Author Biography

  • François-Xavier Fauvelle, University of Toulouse

    Research director, CNRS, TRACES, University of Toulouse

References

Darles C., E. Malet, C. Mathieu, A. Nicol, E. Erbati and F.-X. Fauvelle. 2016, “La porte ‘Bâb al-Mansûriyya’, au nord de Rissani (Maroc): Description, comparaisons et proposition de séquence historique d’un vestige architectural.” Bulletin d’archéologie marocaine 23: 243–263.

Erbati E., F.-X. Fauvelle, R. Mensan, A. Daussy and T. Soubira. 2016. “Où est Sidjilmâssa? Proposition de typologie et de séquence des élévations, du 10e au 19e siècle.” Bulletin d’archéologie marocaine 23: 221–242.

Levtzion N. and J.F.P. Hopkins. 2000. Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History. Princeton, NJ: Markus Wiener.

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Published

2017-12-20

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Book Reviews

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How to Cite

Fauvelle, F.-X. (2017). The Last Civilized Place: Sijilmasa and its Saharan Destiny: by Ronald A. Messier and James A. Miller. University of Texas Press, 2015. 296pp., 42 b&w photos, 14 b&w illust, 11 maps. Pb. $29.95. ISBN-13: 9781477311356. Journal of Islamic Archaeology, 4(2), 251-255. https://doi.org/10.1558/jia.35276