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Research Guide Roads of Arabia: Archaeology and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Book Display and Resource List | April 2014

Resources highlighted here explore the origins of Islam as illustrated through the Saudi Arabian archaeological record. This guide also strives to build a context for this period in Saudi Arabias history with books exploring its history, religion and culture. We have relied on the excellent bibliography of resources compiled by the Freer/Sackler, and have built this guide around their selections. Materials without a call number are currently on order, please check http://libraryonesearch.nelson-atkins.org for current status. All articles in this guide are available in the library reading room from the database JSTOR. If you have questions, please contact the reference staff at the Spencer Art Reference Library (telephone: 816.751.1216). Library hours and services are listed on the Museums website at www.nelson-atkins.org .

Exhibition Catalog al-Ghabban, Ali ibn Ibrahim, et al. Roads of Arabia: Archaeology and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Paris: Somogy Art Publishers, 2010. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. N7270 .R632 2012

Archaeology: Discovery in Saudi Arabia al-Rashid, Saad A. The Development of Archaeology in Saudi Arabia. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 35 (July 2004): 20714. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41219378

Anthropomorphic Stele Funerary Mask

Tombstone of 'Abbas, Son of 'Abdallah, Son of Muhammad, Son of Nasih

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Bowersock, G. W. Roman Arabia. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998. Spencer Art Referecne Library Call No. DS154.22 .B68 1994

Bulliet, Richard W. The Camel and the Wheel. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. SF401.C2 B84 1990 Franke, Ute, and Joachim Gierlichs. Roads of Arabia: The Archaeological Treasures of Saudi Arabia. Tubingen: Wasmuth Verlag, 2011. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. N7270 .R63 2011 Hayajneh, Hani. First evidence of Nabonidus in the Ancient North Arabian inscriptions from the region of Tayma. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 31 (July 2000): 8195. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41223673

Ida rat al-A tha r wa-al-Mata h if . An Introduction to Saudi Arabian Antiquities. Riyadh: Department of Antiquities and Museums, Ministry of Education, 1999. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. DS 211 .S3 1999 Jaussen, Antonin, and Raphal Savignac. Mission Archologique en Arabie. Paris: Librairie Paul Geuthner, 1914. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. DS211 .J38 2013 Milwright, Marcus. An Introduction to Islamic Archaeology. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. DS56 .M527 2010 Potts, Daniel, ed. Araby the Blest: Studies in Arabian archaeology. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1988. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. DS211 .A73 1988

Rice, Michael. Archaeology of the Arabian Gulf, c. 5000323 BC. London: Routledge, 1994. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. DS211 .R53 1994

Islam and Islamic Lands: History, Exploration and Trade al-Rashid, Saad A. Darb Zubaydah: The Pilgrim Road from Kufa to Mecca. Riyadh: Riyadh University Libraries, 1980. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. DS211 .R28 1980 Blunt, Anne. A Pilgrimage to Nejd: The Cradle of the Arab Race. Vol. 1. London: John Murray, 1881.Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2002. *in process Burton, Richard F. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to al-Madinah & Meccah. New York: Dover Publications, 1964. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. DS207 .B96 1964 Crone, Patricia. Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2004. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. HF3763.Z9 C76 2004 Donner, Fred M. Muhammad and the Believers at the Origins of Islam. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. BP55 .D66 2012 Doughty, C. M. Travels in the Arabia Deserta. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1888. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. DS207 .D73 1979 Freeth, Zahra. Explorers of Arabia from the Renaissance to the end of the Victorian era. Boston: Allen and Unwin, 1978. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. DS204.5 .F73 1978

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Heck, Gene. Arabia without Spices: An Alternate Hypothesis. Journal of the American Oriental Society 123, No.3, (Jul. Sep 2003): 54776. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3217750 Hogarth, D. G. The Penetration of Arabia: A Record of the Development of Western Knowledge Concerning the Arabian Peninsula. New York: Cambridge University Press 2012. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. DS204.5 .H64 2012 Hoyland, Robert. Arabia and the Arabs: From the Bronze Age to the coming of Islam. London: Routledge, 2001. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. DS231 .H69 2001 Keay, John. The Spice Route: A History. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. HD9210.A2 K4 2006 McLaughlin, Raoul. Rome and the Distant East. New York: Continuum, 2010. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. HE323 .M35 2010 Palgrave, William Gifford. Personal Narrative of a Year's Journey Through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862-63). London: Macmillan and Co, 1868. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. DS207 .P35 1871 Porter, Venetia, and M. A. Abdel Haleem. Hajj: A Journey to the Heart of Islam. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. BP187.3 .H35 2012 Tavakolian, Newsha. The Fifth Pillar: The Hajj Pilgrimage. London, Gilgamesh Publishing, 2012.

Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. R820.5.T38 F54 2012 TAVAKOLIAN NEWSHA Explore More Hamdouni Alami, Mohammed. Art and Architecture in the Islamic Tradition: Aesthetics, Politics and Desire in Early Islam. London: I.B. Tauris, 2011. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. N 6260 .H25 2011 Hazimi, Mansur Ibrahim, Salma Khadra Jayyusi, and Ezzat Khattab. Beyond the Dunes: An Anthology of Modern Saudi Literature. London: I. B. Tauris, 2006. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. PJ8005.55.E5 B49 2006 Oppersdorff, Mathias. Under the Spell of Arabia: Photographs by Mathias Oppersdorff. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2001. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No. DS 36.65 .O67 2001 OPPERSDO MATHIAS

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Image Credits Funerary Mask, Thaj, Tell al-Zayer, Saudi Arabia,

1st century C.E. Gold, H x W: 6 11/12 x 5 1/12

inches. National Museum, Riyadh, 2061. Saudi

Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA)

Anthropomorphic Stele, 4th millennium B.C.E. El-

Maakir-Qaryat al-Kaafa, near Ha'il, Saudi Arabia.

Sandstone. National Museum, Riyadh

Tombstone of 'Abbas, Son of 'Abdallah, Son of

Muhammad, Son of Nasih, al-Ma'la Cemetery,

Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 9th century C.E. Basalt, H x

W x D: 24 x 13 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. National

Museum, Riyadh, 451. Saudi Commission for

Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA)