Part I . Introduction

CHAPTER 1 . The Future of the Ottoman Past . 3

Part II. From Archaeology to a “History from Below”

CHAPTER 2. Agriculture and Rural Settlement in Ottoman Crete, 1669–1898:A Modern Site Survey . .
CHAPTER 3 . The Archaeology of Ottoman Ti’innik: An Interdisciplinary Approach 79
CHAPTER 4. Dendochronologically Dated Ottoman Monuments 93
CHAPTER 5. Entangled Objects from the Palestinian Past: Archaeological Perspectives for the Ottoman Period, 1500–1900 137
CHAPTER 6. Toward an Archaeology of Non-elite Consumption in Late Ottoman Anatolia . 161

Part III. Trade, Subsistence and Ideology in the Ottoman Empire

CHAPTER 7. The Sadana Island Shipwreck: A Mideighteenth-Century Treasure Trove . 185
CHAPTER 8. Daily Life in the Shadow of Empire: A Food Systems Approach to the Archaeology of the Ottoman Period 203
CHAPTER 9. Transformations, Readings and Visions of the Ottoman Mosque . . ... .. 219

Part IV. Prospects

CHAPTER 10. Sultans, Merchants, and Minorities: The Challenge of Historical Archaeology in the Modern Middle East . .

CHAPTER 11. Diverse Approaches to the Ottoman Past: Toward a Globally Conceived, Regionally Specific Historical Archaeology . 253


References 260

Appendix A: Chronology for the Ottoman Empire: Some Key Dates in Ottoman History, 1260-1923 . 261
Index . . 265