Post-Medieval Muslim Burials in Jaffa

Archaeological Evidence and Historical Perspective

Authors

  • Yoav Arbel Israeli Antiquities Authority

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jia.31174

Keywords:

Jaffa, Mamluk, Ottoman, salvage excavations, burials, urban expansion

Author Biography

  • Yoav Arbel, Israeli Antiquities Authority

    Yoav Arbel worked with various field expeditions in Israel and several other countries and since 2006 mostly in Israel Antiquities Authority salvage excavations in Jaffa. His main field of interest is the archaeology of the recent past, or Historical Archaeology—in Israel the Ottoman period. Arbel is the author of a book based on his doctoral dissertation (Ultimate Devotion, 2009, Equinox) and of professional studies and popular articles on Jaffa’s history and archaeology.

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2017-07-17

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Arbel, Y. (2017). Post-Medieval Muslim Burials in Jaffa: Archaeological Evidence and Historical Perspective. Journal of Islamic Archaeology, 4(1), 87-112. https://doi.org/10.1558/jia.31174

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