Abstract
Several mosques were recently associated with the widespread settlement network that existed in the Negev Highlands from the sixth to the eighth century CE. These include mosques that were built in urban settlements or adjacent to rural ones, and mosques that served the Negev Highlands’ nomadic populations. The chronological framework of the early mosques, their connection to dated settlements, and the formal relations between the earlier sites and the mosques, seem to point to a gradual penetration of Islam into southern Palestine rather than a swift adoption of canonical Islam in the wake of a single wave of conquest.
Recommended Citation
Avni, Gideon
(2023)
"تغلغل الإسلام في الأراضي المقدسة النائية - منظر أثري من النقب / The Penetration of Islam to the Remote Holy Land: An Archaeological View from the Negev,"
Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية): Vol. 12, Article 6.
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/cornerstone/vol12/iss1/6
