A Historical Archaeology of the Ottoman Empire

Preface. Introduction. 1. The Future of the Ottoman Past; U. Baram, L. Carroll. Part II: From Archaeology to a 'History from Below'. 2. Agriculture and Rural Settlement in Ottoman Crete, 1669-1898: A Modern Site Survey; A. Brumfield. 3. The Archaeology of Ottoman Ti'innik, an Interdisciplinary Approach; G. Ziadeh-Seely. 4. Dendochronologically Dated Ottoman Monuments; P.I. Kuniholm. 5. Entangled Objects from the Palestinian Past: Archaeological Perspectives for the Ottoman Period, 1500-1900; U. Baram. 6. Toward an Archaeology of Non-Elite Consumption in Late Ottoman Anatolia; L. Carroll. Part III: Trade, Subsistence, and Ideology in the Ottoman Empire. 7. The Sadana Island Shipwreck: A Mid-Eighteenth Century Treasure Trove; C. Ward. 8. Daily Life in the Shadow of Empire: A Food Systems Approach to the Archaeology of the Ottoman Period; Ø. LaBianca. 9. Transformations, Readings and Visions of the Ottoman Mosque; A.B. Snyder. Part IV: Prospects. 10. Sultans, Merchants, and Minorities: The Challenge of Historical Archaeology in the Modern Middle East; N.A. Silberman. 11. Diverse Approaches to the Ottoman Past: Toward a Globally Conceived, Regionally Specific Historical Archaeology; P.L. Kohl. Appendix A: Chronology for the Ottoman Empire: Some Key Dates in Ottoman History, 1260-1923.

`This volume is a significant contribution to global historical archaeologyis work brings forth a new perspective and opens up new possibilities. ' American Antiquity,67:1 (2002)