Essouk-Tadmekka presents the first archaeological exploration of one of the most important market towns on the trans-Saharan camel-caravan routes in the early I

Islamic archaeology is young discipline, emerging only over the course of the 1980s and 1990s. The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Archaeology is the first work of i

Essouk-Tadmekkapresents the first archaeological exploration of one of the most important market towns on the trans-Saharan camel-caravan routes in the early Is

Issued in conjunction with the exhibition Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time, held January 26, 2019-July 21, 2019, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwes

Demonstrates that the pre-Islamic Sahara was a more connected region than previously thought, with trade an essential linking element.