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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

Funerary Mask

Anthropomorphic Stele

Tombstone of 'Abbas, Son of 'Abdallah,


Son of Muhammad, Son of Nasih

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): 207
14. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41219378

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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

Rice, Michael. Archaeology of the Arabian Gulf, c.


5000323 BC. London: Routledge, 1994.
Spencer Art Reference Library
Call No. DS211 .R53 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

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

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): 81
95. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41223673
Idarat al-Athar wa-al-Matahif . 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

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

Jaussen, Antonin, and Raphal Savignac.


Mission Archologique en Arabie. Paris: Librairie
Paul Geuthner, 1914.
Spencer Art Reference Library
Call No. DS211 .J38 2013

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

Milwright, Marcus. An Introduction to Islamic


Archaeology. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University
Press, 2010.
Spencer Art Reference Library
Call No. DS56 .M527 2010

Doughty, C. M. Travels in the Arabia Deserta.


Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
1888.
Spencer Art Reference Library
Call No. DS207 .D73 1979

Potts, Daniel, ed. Araby the Blest: Studies in


Arabian archaeology. Copenhagen: Museum
Tusculanum Press, 1988.
Spencer Art Reference Library
Call No. DS211 .A73 1988

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
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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
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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. ElMaakir-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)

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