A Historical Archaeology of the Ottoman Empire

Contributors

Contents

Part I Introduction

1 The Future of the Ottoman Past

INTRODUCING AN OTTOMAN ARCHAEOLOGY

CONTEXTS FOR AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE OTTOMAN PAST

THE OTTOMAN LEGACY

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF AN EMPIRE

OTTOMAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND GLOBAL ANALYSES

THE MANY PATHS TOWARD AN OTTOMAN ARCHAEOLOGY

UNCOVERING THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

THE PROLOGUE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Part II From Archaeology to a “History from Below”

2 Agriculture and Rural Settlement in Ottoman Crete, 1669-1898

INTRODUCTION

AGRICULTURE IN OTTOMAN CRETE

A RURAL SETTLEMENT HISTORY

THE RECENT SYSTEM OF CULTUVATION IN THE VROKASTRO AREA

METOCHIA

AGRICULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE

CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

NOTES

REFERENCES

3 The Archaeology of Ottoman Ti’innik

INTRODUCTION

WHY OTTOMAN ARCHAEOLOGY?

POLITICAL, THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS

USE OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY DATABASE

ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH

BREAKING NEW GROUNDS, PROBLEMS

CONCLUSION

NOTES

REFERENCES

4 Dendrochronologically Dated Ottoman Monuments

INTRODUCTION

DISCUSSION OF STRUCTURES AND THEIR DATES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

5 Entangled Objects from the Palestinian Past

INTRODUCTION

CHARTING THE TERRAIN OTTOMAN PALESTINE AND THE PALESTINIAN PAST

ARTIFACTS OF THE MODERN WORLD

ENTANGLED OBJECTS

UNCOVERING THE HABITS OF MODERNITY

CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

6 Toward an Archaeology of Non-Elite Consumption in Late Ottoman Anatolia

THE RELEVANCE OF HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY FOR OTTOMAN ANATOLIA

CONSUMPTION AS ECONOMIC PROCESS

ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

OTTOMAN CERAMIC ‘TRADITIONS’

CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

NOTE

REFERENCES

Part III Trade, Subsistence and Ideology in the Ottoman Empire

7 The Sadana Island Shipwreck

THE SHIPWRECK

THE HULL

CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

8 Daily Life in the Shadow of Empire

INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS MEANT BY A FOOD SYSTEMS APPROACH?

CAN WE SPEAK OF AN IMPERIAL OTTOMAN FOOD SYSTEM?

CAN WE SPEAK OF AN INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE TO IMPERIAL INTERVENTIONS?

HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS

THE RELEVANCE OF OTTOMAN ARCHAEOLOGY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

NOTES

REFERENCES

9 Transformations, Readings, and Visions of the Ottoman Mosque

INTRODUCTION

DOCUMENTATION AND STUDY

MOSQUE FORMS AND LIGHTING TYPES: A VOCABULARY

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Part IV Prospects

10 Sultans, Merchants, and Minorities

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

11 Diverse Approaches to the Ottoman Past

REFERENCES

Appendix A Chronology for the Ottoman Empire: Some Key Dates in Ottoman History, 1260-1923

Index