Hi Daniel

Do you know Delwen Samuel's work on medieval samples from Syria? Evidence of a very diverse and sophisticated agricultural system. Rural village rather than market place.

Delwen Samuel. 2001. "Archaeobotanical evidence and analysis," in Peuplement rural et aménagements hydroagricoles dans la moyenne vallée de l'Euphrate fin VIIe-XIXe siècle. Edited by S. Berthier, pp. 343-481. Damascus: Institut Français d'Études Arabes de Damas.
PDF: http://ancientgrains.org/samuel2001medieval.pdf

but it will probably be worth your while seeing the whole volume for the archaeological context.

Best wishes

Mark

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Sent: 23 March 2017 19:52
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Subject: Marketplace contexts? Abbasid-era assemblages?

Dear all,

In Prof. Weiss’ lab we are working on some very interesting samples which, as far as we know, are unique among Levantine assemblages in deriving from an Abbasid marketplace (with plant remains preserved mostly by mineralisation). Has anyone else out there worked on Abbasid-era assemblages and/or marketplace contexts from southwest Asia?

Sincerely,
Daniel Fuks
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