Communities of the dead in Umayyad Cordoba [Ressource électronique]

There are frequent references to Cordoba's cemeteries in Arabic, Latin and Romance sources, and archaeologists have uncovered several of them. This provides some evidence for the social aspects of burial. This paper considers two factors that seem to have determined where a citizen of Cordoba might be buried-the individual's social status and religious affiliation-and evaluates their significance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Al-Masaq: Islam & the Medieval Mediterranean is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)