The Alhambra is one of the most famous archaeological sites worldwide, yet knowledge of it remains very partial, focussing on the medieval palaces. This book addresses the imbalance, examining the Secano, the urban and industrial zone adjacent to the palaces.
The Alhambra is one of the most famous archaeological sites worldwide, yet knowledge of the complex remains very partial, focussing on its medieval Nasrid palaces. Other aspects of the site are virtually unknown, not only to the general public but to archaeologists and historians as well. The Royal Workshops of the Almambra addresses this imbalance, examining the urban and industrial zone adjacent to the palaces. Once the most densely populated and extensive area of the complex, this zone, the Secano, contained houses, tanneries, and workshops including a considerable number of pyrotechnological facilities for the production of metal, glass and ceramic items. Presenting the results of the Royal Workshops of the Alhambra (UNESCO World Heritage Site) project, the book gives a much-needed insight into the industrial sector of the Alhambra. Crucially, the project focusses on the early modern era, when the manufacture of ceramic, glass and metal actually reached their peak. The opening chapters set the archaeological work and the Secano in context and discuss the methodology for archaeological investigation of pyrotechnological activity; while further chapters present the results of the research. Drawing on both traditional and ground-breaking survey and excavation techniques, the book provides an invaluable wide-lens picture of the palatial city.
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Undoubtedly, this research output can be used by archaeology students to understand the methodology applied to the case of Secano. The monograph shows a new face of the Alhambra that, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, lost its function as a palatium, becoming a residential area of industrial and domestic activities. -- Oskar J. Rojewski * RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY * Envisagée comme un tout, cette publication peut źtre considérée comme un bel exemple de collaboration multidisciplinaire, en favorisant une meilleure compréhension de l'une des périodes les moins bien connues de l'histoire de l'Alhambra et en accroissant nos connaissances sur les ateliers modernes de céramique." (Taken as a whole, this publication can be seen as a fine example of multidisciplinary collaboration, fostering a better understanding of one of the least well-known periods in the history of the Alhambra and enhancing our knowledge of modern ceramic workshops.) * LE MOYEN ĀGE *
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List of Contributors
Foreword. Jesśs Bermśdez López
Introduction. Alberto Garcķa Porras & Chloė N. Duckworth
Chapter
1. The Secano: the city of the Alhambra. Marķa del Carmen Jiménez
Roldįn
Chapter
2. A holistic and reflexive methodology for the archaeological
investigation of pyrotechnological activity in the Alhambra. David J.
Govantes-Edwards, Alberto Garcķa Porras, Chloė N. Duckworth & Eleonora
Montanari
Chapter
3. The modern kilns. José Manuel Rķos Jiménez & Miguel Busto Zapico
Chapter
4. Geophysical and geochemical exploration of the industrial areas in
the Alhambra. Kate Welham, Derek Pitman, Hayden Scott-Pratt, Josie Hagan,
Chris Casswell, Ashley Green, Chloė N. Duckworth & Eleonora Montanari
Chapter
5. The excavation of the area of the Secano in the Alhambra: Trench
1.
Moisés Alonso Valladares & Alberto Garcķa Porras
Chapter
6. The excavation of the area of the Secano in the Alhambra: Trench
2.
Ben Moore & Eleonora Montanari
Chapter
7. The pottery. Laura Martķn Ramos, Marķa José Peregrina Sįnchez &
Saśl Guerrero Rivero
Chapter
8. Glass in the excavation of the Secano, the Alhambra. Almudena Velo
Gala, Chloė N. Duckworth & David J. Govantes-Edwards
Chapter
9. Furnaces at full blast: the demand for architectural ceramics for
construction in the Alhambra (16th and 17th centuries). Marķa Elena Dķez
Jorge
Conclusions. Contributors
ALBERTO GARCĶA PORRAS is Senior Lecturer at the Medieval History Department, University of Granada. CHLOĖ N. DUCKWORTH is Lecturer at School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University. DAVID J. GOVANTES-EDWARDS is Research Associate at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University and Research Associate at Córdoba University. CHLOĖ N. DUCKWORTH is Lecturer at School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University. ALBERTO GARCĶA PORRAS is Senior Lecturer at the Medieval History Department, University of Granada. DAVID J. GOVANTES-EDWARDS is Research Associate at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University and Research Associate at Córdoba University.
