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Desert Palaces

Desert Palaces is an architectural phenomenon in early Islamic art and archaeology denoting a category of elite, palace-like complexes constructed by the Umayyad caliphs in semi-arid and marginal zones of the Levant, distinguished from urban palaces by their remote locations, hybrid spatial layouts combining Greco-Roman, Persian, and nascent Islamic elements, and multifunctional roles encompassing administrative, residential, agricultural, and symbolic purposes.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Geobotanical Foundations of the Middle East.

A. D. Q. Agnew, M. Zohary · Journal of Ecology · 1974 · 1.6K citations

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Developing a documentation system for desert palaces in Jordan using 3D laser scanning and digital photogrammetry

Sharaf AlKheder, Yahya Alshawabkeh, Norbert Haala · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2008 · 166 citations

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Desert peoples: archaeological perspectives

Choice Reviews Online · 2005 · 108 citations

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Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates

Sally Worrell, John Price · UCL Discovery (University College London) · 2003 · 76 citations

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Late Albian–Middle Cenomanian palynofacies and palynostratigraphy, Abu Gharadig-5 well, Western Desert, Egypt

Mohamed I. A. Ibrahim · Cretaceous Research · 2002 · 71 citations

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Authors

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  1. AR
    Alan Rowe

    Florida Atlantic University, United States

    2 publications · 42 citations

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  2. NS
    Nabil Sayed Embabi

    Ain Shams University, Egypt

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  3. JS
    Joël Schmidt

    University of Bamberg, Germany

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  4. NG
    N. G. Patyk‐Kara

    Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits Petrography Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Russia

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. AA
    Ahmed Allam

    Yale University, United States

    1 publications · 10 citations

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Institutions

42

  1. Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Zentrale

    Berlin, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    76 citations

  2. University of Stuttgart

    Stuttgart, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    166 citations

  3. California State University, Sacramento

    Sacramento, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  4. University of Gloucestershire

    Cheltenham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    24 citations

  5. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    48 citations

  6. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

  7. Geological Survey of Israel

    Jerusalem, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    64 citations

  8. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

    Madrid, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

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  1. Geographical Journal

    4 publications · 159 citations

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  2. Journal of Arid Environments

    4 publications · 134 citations

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  3. Quaternary International

    2 publications · 37 citations

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  4. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983)

    2 publications · 60 citations

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  5. Bulletin of the John Rylands Library

    2 publications · 42 citations

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