Islamizing Berber Lifestyles

The article focuses on the “Islamization” of Berber lifestyles, rather than effects conquest Romanized inhabitants towns in Africa Proconsularis, medieval Ifriqiya. examination follows aspects material culture as a whole, particularly Western Maghreb, where urbanism was far less dense. evidence comes largely from later texts, although new archaeological work, at Rirha and Volubilis, has begun to flesh out picture. How did Islamization actually affect Berbers West? While we have little for Algeria, excavated Islamic sites are no earlier tenth century, excavations Volubilis – Walila provide excellent data gradual shift settlement types, diet, pottery, well use coinage. For Sétif now Igīlīz add fait accompli fully Islamized villages Maghreb. Like Romanization, came about by emulation, among élites, slow change general habitus, with different starting points Arabic communities.