^{#smrgKİTABEVİ} Proceedings of the First International Congress on Islamic Archaeology - 2011

Thisbook contains thepapersof the First International Congresson Islamic Archaeology which aimed at promoting studies on “Islamic Archaeology” as a distinctperiodandsubject within the discipline. The congress was heldat IRCICA in 2005. Later, a secondcongresson Islamic Archaeology wasorganised in Islamabad, Pakistan in 2011. The book begins with the texts of the addresses delivered at the opening ceremony including those of the Prime Minister ofTurkey Mr. RecepTayyipErdoğan andtheSecretary Generalof the OICProf.Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu.The presentations at the congress are grouped in two parts, titled “On-Site Research and Excavations” and “Research, perspectives in Islamic archaeology”. The papers deal with the state and the results of research and excavations on Islamic archaeology in different countries and regions or communicate the outcomes of studies on particular archaeological sites dating from different periods of the Islamic era. At the end of the book is an outline of the participants' recommendations.