Archaeology, Politics and Islamicate Cultural Heritage in Europe

David J. Govantes-Edwards is a Research Associate at Newcastle University (UK). He specialises in the archaeology of technology and the production, distribution and consumption of glass and glazed ceramics in medieval Spain, where he worked for over a decade as a commercial archaeologist. He coordinates several international fieldwork projects in Madīnat al-Zahrā (Córdoba, Spain, UNESCO World Heritage Site), the Alhambra (Granada, Spain, UNESCO World Heritage Site), Bolgar (Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation, UNESCO World Heritage Site) and Reccopolis (Guadalajara, Spain), as well as taking part in other highprofile research projects as consultant and specialist.

• ForewordBethany J. Walker, University of BonnBackground and Overview1. IntroductionDavid J. Govantes-Edwards2. Shooting Ourselves in the Foot: A Personal Take on the PoliticalChloë N. Duckworth, Newcastle University The Western Mediterranean 3. Politics and the History of al-Andalus David J. Govantes-Edwards4. Gendered Pasts: Women in al-Andalus Mikel Herrán, University of Leicester, and Nicola Clarke, Newcastle University 5. Accentuating the Ordinary: Pottery and Everyday Life in Islamic Sicily Vernoica Testolini and Peter M. Day, both University of Sheffield6. Rethinking the Borders of Islamic Art: Paterna Ceramics from the 14th Century to TodayAnna McSweeney, Trintiy College, Dublin 7. The Last Islamicate Society in South-western Europe: The Projection of Power in the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada Alberto García Porras, University of Granada 8. Damnatio Memoriae: Islamicate Medieval Archaeology in the Balearic Island of Menorca Amalia Pérez-Juez, Boston University, and Elena Sintes Olives, Institut Menorquí d’Estudis, Menorca The Balkans9. The Material Past of the Other: The Ottoman Architectural Heritage of Greek MacedoniaIoannis Stavridopoulos, University of Aegean 10. Between Transculturation and Re-Enculturation: The Gravestones of Ottoman Bosnia and Europe's Islamicate Archaeology Amila Buturovic, York University, Canada Russia11. Central Bazaar in the city of Bolgar on the Volga Vladimir Koval and Denis Badeev, both Russian Academy of Sciences12. Nomadic Islam: An Archaeological Approach to the Islamization of the Caspian Steppe Irina Shingiray, Oxford University Counter-narratives13. From ‘Islamic Art’ to ‘Muslim Heritage’: A Survey of Material and Visual Cultures in Museums of Europe and BeyondVirginie Rey, University of California, Los Angeles 14. Islamicate Archaeology and its Counter-narrativesPhilip Wood, Aga Khan University