This 3-days workshop, organized by Micaela Sinibaldi for the University of Shanghai, explores the topic of methods and methodologies of research for the study of the history of the Islamic and Crusader periods, with a focus on the material sources.

The speakers will report on their projects, highlighting how the methods they have used have assisted them in reaching results, and how they be applied to other case studies.

The case studies reported involve reconstructing the past by the use of archival sources, the Archaeology of Architecture, Environmental Archaeology, and the combined use of documentary sources and archaeology, as well as using a wide range of recording techniques to deal with large and complex sites.