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BA thesis by Chia-Chin Wu
In this thesis, I discuss the morphology, anatomy, and archaeobotany of six (6) root and tuber sp... more In this thesis, I discuss the morphology, anatomy, and archaeobotany of six (6) root and tuber species of economic importance (burdock, Chinese yam, taro, manioc, sweet potato, Andean white potato). Methods on how to identify these six (6) root and tuber crops down to genus or species are described and explained. I also outline a tuber processing identification technique and test against some archaeological parenchyma fragments recovered from the Formative Chiripa site of Bolivia (dated to Middle Formative). Preliminary identification results indicate these small parenchyma fragments belong to freeze-dried (chuño or kaya), dried, and cooked tuber foods (likely to be potato Solanum and/or oca tubers, but ulluco and mashua tubers are also likely). These tiny parenchyma fragments (between 3 and 5 mm) were recovered from the inside and outside of a house structure (structure 4) within the Chiripa ceremonial compound.
MS Dissertation by Chia-Chin Wu
University College London MSc thesis
Islamic Archaeology - Gharb Al-Andalus by Chia-Chin Wu
![Research paper thumbnail of A Proto-Madrasa al-Muwahhid de Qasr al-Fath / Alcácer [do Sal]: Definição e localização](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/32920349/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](Al Madan on line, II Serie 18, Tomo 2, p. 20-41, Jan 20, 2014
The authors readdress the thesis they have defended since 2000 of the existence of a madrasa in ... more The authors readdress the thesis they have defended
since 2000 of the existence of a madrasa in Alcácer do Sal
(Setúbal) in Almohad times, probably founded by Caliph
Ya’ qūb al-Manṣūr in the year 1191 (corresponding to year
587 in the Islamic calendar).
They now present new information and archaeological data:
based on the reality of Alcácer, they propose using a new
concept, proto-madrasa, which they consider to be more
appropriate to characterise a religious, administrative and
political teaching institution depending on the Islamic state,
but taking place in adapted pre-existing structures rather
than a specific architectural structure.
KEY WORDS: Middle ages (Islamic); Qaṣr al-Fatḥ;
kuttāb; Religion; Madrasa; Ṭalaba.
Medieval Islamic Studies - Garb Al-Andalus by Chia-Chin Wu
![Research paper thumbnail of O Despertar da Espiritualidade Islâmica no Sāḥil de al-Qaṣr / Alcácer [do Sal] entre o Emirato Andalusī e o Califado Almóada](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/56140265/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](Al madan online, 2017
Study of the Islamic spirituality awakening on the coast of the Qaṣr al-Fatḥ region (Alcácer do S... more Study of the Islamic spirituality awakening on the coast of the Qaṣr al-Fatḥ region (Alcácer do Sal), highlighting the role of caves and promontories in this process.
The authors also analyse the rābiṭa (place of meditation) that existed in the Arrábida mountain range and stress the historic importance of Viking incursions off the coast of the Alentejo, which was particularly suited to the ribāṭ practice related to territory defence. Finally, they discuss the significance of an Arabic inscription found in the Sines castle that mentions the foundation of a rābiṭa in that place in 1009 AD (339 of the Hegira).
KEY WORDS: Middle ages (Islamic); Gharb al-Andalus; Qasr al-Fath (Alcácer do Sal); Ribāṭ; Rābiṭa.
Monograph manuscript by Chia-Chin Wu
This is an unpublished monograph manuscript submitted to Archaeological Research Facility Publica... more This is an unpublished monograph manuscript submitted to Archaeological Research Facility Publications, University of California, Berkeley in May, 2009. It is based on my senior honors thesis completed in May, 2008 under the supervision of Professors Christine Hastorf and Partick Kirch of the Department of Anthropology. Suggested and encouraged by Professor Christine Hastorf, additional research work was conducted during the summer of 2008 and manuscript write-up between summer 2008 and spring 2009 for the publication.
Taiwan History by Chia-Chin Wu
Atas do 4º e 5º Encontro de História do Alentejo Litoral (2011 e 2012), 2018
Aparentemente Alcácer do Sal e o litoral da ilha Formosa (Taiwan/臺灣) voltada para o estreito de T... more Aparentemente Alcácer do Sal e o litoral da ilha Formosa (Taiwan/臺灣) voltada para o estreito de Taiwan nada têm em comum. Contudo uma análise mais atenta sobre a problemática dos Jesuítas, do oceano e do culto das Onze Mil Virgens, apontam para um conjunto interessante de elementos comuns que achamos oportuno reflectir:
- Na primeira parte deste estudo, falamos do apoio divino de Santa Úrsula e das 11 000 Virgens, na expugnação de Alcácer em 1217 e da criação de um pólo de peregrinação na Capela das 11 000 Virgens anexa à Igreja conventual do Convento de Santo António. Falaremos da presença de Francisco Xavier e Simão Rodrigues em 1554, na aldeia de Palma (Alcácer do Sal) antes de o primeiro ter embarcado para a Índia e de o segundo ter ficado em Portugal.
- Na segunda parte do trabalho analisamos o naufrágio ocorrido na costa de Taiwan, de um junco Macaense que em 1582 ia a caminho de Nagasaki (長崎県) e da salvação miraculosa da sua tripulação constituída por mais de 290 pessoas, na maioria chineses Temos a presença de alguns portugueses e de 4 jesuítas Portugueses e Espanhóis, cujo milagre de terem sobrevivido foi atribuído a uma cabeça relíquia de uma virgem anónima do grupo das 11 000 Virgens.
O local exacto do naufrágio ainda é motivo de acesso debate na Historiografia de Taiwan. Neste trabalho, com base em fontes já
conhecidas e outras a que tivemos acesso (e aparentemente desconhecidas em Taiwan), procuramos reflectimos até que ponto este milagre foi sentido pelos chineses, que na sua quase maioria não seriam cristãos.
Na ligação entre as duas partes supra referidas, refletimos sobre a origem da cabeça relicário responsável pelo milagre ocorrido na costa da ilha Formosa (Taiwan), equacionando se essa relíquia que terá sido obtida na Alemanha, terá passado por Roma, ou se passou algum tempo no Convento de Santo António de Alcácer do Sal antes de seguir para a Índia (Goa).
Alentejo Litoral Islamic Studies by Chia-Chin Wu
Atas do 4º e 5º Encontros de História do Alentejo Litoral (2011 e 2012), 2018
A costa Portuguesa, frente ao infinito oceano Atlântico, representava em termos Geográficos e no ... more A costa Portuguesa, frente ao infinito oceano Atlântico, representava em termos Geográficos e no decurso dos longos Milénios, um dos estremos mais ocidentais do velho Continente. Desde cedo, os promontórios foram sentidos como espaços de reflexão sobre o sobrenatural e os enigmas do quotidiano. O presente estudo procura ser mais um contributo no seio da investigação da costa Portuguesa mais ligada a Alcácer do Sal, no seu diálogo com o sagrado, frente ao Oceano. No presente caso, isolamos um horizonte cronológico e um troço específico da costa Portuguesa, localizada entre a foz do rio Tejo e o Algarve, procurando deste modo compreender como se processou a procura de Deus/Allāh nesta linha de costa durante o Período Islâmico.
Archaeobotany by Chia-Chin Wu
Al-Madan Online, 2019
The objective of this paper is to report the first methodological approach to identifying archaeo... more The objective of this paper is to report the first methodological approach to identifying archaeological carbonized dried and cooked vegetative storage organs. Three economically important South American tuber crops, manioc (Manihot esculenta Crantz), sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) and white potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), were selected for experimental drying, cooking, charring, and parenchymatous tissue analysis. Microscopic examination reveals multiple distinctive cellular and tissue alteration forms. They are the result of cell wall degradation, cell rupture, cell separation, and starch gelatinization during processing and charring. Eight cellular and tissue alteration types and 22 variants are described – the majority of which are diagnostic for identifying drying and cooking methods.
Papers by Chia-Chin Wu
![Research paper thumbnail of A Proto-Madrasa al-Muwahhid de Qasr al-Fath / / Alcácer [do Sal]: definição e localização](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/88295165/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](The authors readdress the thesis they have defended since 2000 of the existence of a madrasa in A... more The authors readdress the thesis they have defended since 2000 of the existence of a madrasa in Alcácer do Sal (Setúbal) in Almohad times, probably founded by Caliph Ya’ qūb al-Manṣūr in the year 1191 corresponding to year 587 in the Islamic calendar). They now present new information and archaeological data: based on the reality of Alcácer, they propose using a new concept, proto-madrasa, which they consider to be more appropriate to characterise a religious, administrative and political teaching institution depending on the Islamic state, but taking place in adapted pre-existing structures rather than a specific architectural structure. KEY WORDS: Middle ages (Islamic); Qaṣr al-Fatḥ; kuttāb; Religion; Madrasa; Ṭalaba.
In this thesis, I discuss the morphology, anatomy, and archaeobotany of six (6) root and tuber sp... more In this thesis, I discuss the morphology, anatomy, and archaeobotany of six (6) root and tuber species of economic importance (burdock, Chinese yam, taro, manioc, sweet potato, Andean white potato). Methods on how to identify these six (6) root and tuber crops down to genus or species are described and explained. I also outline a tuber processing identification technique and test against some archaeological parenchyma fragments recovered from the Formative Chiripa site of Bolivia (dated to Middle Formative). Preliminary identification results indicate these small parenchyma fragments belong to freeze-dried (chuño or kaya), dried, and cooked tuber foods (likely to be potato Solanum and/or oca tubers, but ulluco and mashua tubers are also likely). These tiny parenchyma fragments (between 3 and 5 mm) were recovered from the inside and outside of a house structure (structure 4) within the Chiripa ceremonial compound.
University College London MSc thesis
Al Madan on line, II Serie 18, Tomo 2, p. 20-41, Jan 20, 2014
The authors readdress the thesis they have defended since 2000 of the existence of a madrasa in ... more The authors readdress the thesis they have defended
since 2000 of the existence of a madrasa in Alcácer do Sal
(Setúbal) in Almohad times, probably founded by Caliph
Ya’ qūb al-Manṣūr in the year 1191 (corresponding to year
587 in the Islamic calendar).
They now present new information and archaeological data:
based on the reality of Alcácer, they propose using a new
concept, proto-madrasa, which they consider to be more
appropriate to characterise a religious, administrative and
political teaching institution depending on the Islamic state,
but taking place in adapted pre-existing structures rather
than a specific architectural structure.
KEY WORDS: Middle ages (Islamic); Qaṣr al-Fatḥ;
kuttāb; Religion; Madrasa; Ṭalaba.
Al madan online, 2017
Study of the Islamic spirituality awakening on the coast of the Qaṣr al-Fatḥ region (Alcácer do S... more Study of the Islamic spirituality awakening on the coast of the Qaṣr al-Fatḥ region (Alcácer do Sal), highlighting the role of caves and promontories in this process.
The authors also analyse the rābiṭa (place of meditation) that existed in the Arrábida mountain range and stress the historic importance of Viking incursions off the coast of the Alentejo, which was particularly suited to the ribāṭ practice related to territory defence. Finally, they discuss the significance of an Arabic inscription found in the Sines castle that mentions the foundation of a rābiṭa in that place in 1009 AD (339 of the Hegira).
KEY WORDS: Middle ages (Islamic); Gharb al-Andalus; Qasr al-Fath (Alcácer do Sal); Ribāṭ; Rābiṭa.
This is an unpublished monograph manuscript submitted to Archaeological Research Facility Publica... more This is an unpublished monograph manuscript submitted to Archaeological Research Facility Publications, University of California, Berkeley in May, 2009. It is based on my senior honors thesis completed in May, 2008 under the supervision of Professors Christine Hastorf and Partick Kirch of the Department of Anthropology. Suggested and encouraged by Professor Christine Hastorf, additional research work was conducted during the summer of 2008 and manuscript write-up between summer 2008 and spring 2009 for the publication.
Atas do 4º e 5º Encontro de História do Alentejo Litoral (2011 e 2012), 2018
Aparentemente Alcácer do Sal e o litoral da ilha Formosa (Taiwan/臺灣) voltada para o estreito de T... more Aparentemente Alcácer do Sal e o litoral da ilha Formosa (Taiwan/臺灣) voltada para o estreito de Taiwan nada têm em comum. Contudo uma análise mais atenta sobre a problemática dos Jesuítas, do oceano e do culto das Onze Mil Virgens, apontam para um conjunto interessante de elementos comuns que achamos oportuno reflectir:
- Na primeira parte deste estudo, falamos do apoio divino de Santa Úrsula e das 11 000 Virgens, na expugnação de Alcácer em 1217 e da criação de um pólo de peregrinação na Capela das 11 000 Virgens anexa à Igreja conventual do Convento de Santo António. Falaremos da presença de Francisco Xavier e Simão Rodrigues em 1554, na aldeia de Palma (Alcácer do Sal) antes de o primeiro ter embarcado para a Índia e de o segundo ter ficado em Portugal.
- Na segunda parte do trabalho analisamos o naufrágio ocorrido na costa de Taiwan, de um junco Macaense que em 1582 ia a caminho de Nagasaki (長崎県) e da salvação miraculosa da sua tripulação constituída por mais de 290 pessoas, na maioria chineses Temos a presença de alguns portugueses e de 4 jesuítas Portugueses e Espanhóis, cujo milagre de terem sobrevivido foi atribuído a uma cabeça relíquia de uma virgem anónima do grupo das 11 000 Virgens.
O local exacto do naufrágio ainda é motivo de acesso debate na Historiografia de Taiwan. Neste trabalho, com base em fontes já
conhecidas e outras a que tivemos acesso (e aparentemente desconhecidas em Taiwan), procuramos reflectimos até que ponto este milagre foi sentido pelos chineses, que na sua quase maioria não seriam cristãos.
Na ligação entre as duas partes supra referidas, refletimos sobre a origem da cabeça relicário responsável pelo milagre ocorrido na costa da ilha Formosa (Taiwan), equacionando se essa relíquia que terá sido obtida na Alemanha, terá passado por Roma, ou se passou algum tempo no Convento de Santo António de Alcácer do Sal antes de seguir para a Índia (Goa).
Atas do 4º e 5º Encontros de História do Alentejo Litoral (2011 e 2012), 2018
A costa Portuguesa, frente ao infinito oceano Atlântico, representava em termos Geográficos e no ... more A costa Portuguesa, frente ao infinito oceano Atlântico, representava em termos Geográficos e no decurso dos longos Milénios, um dos estremos mais ocidentais do velho Continente. Desde cedo, os promontórios foram sentidos como espaços de reflexão sobre o sobrenatural e os enigmas do quotidiano. O presente estudo procura ser mais um contributo no seio da investigação da costa Portuguesa mais ligada a Alcácer do Sal, no seu diálogo com o sagrado, frente ao Oceano. No presente caso, isolamos um horizonte cronológico e um troço específico da costa Portuguesa, localizada entre a foz do rio Tejo e o Algarve, procurando deste modo compreender como se processou a procura de Deus/Allāh nesta linha de costa durante o Período Islâmico.
Al-Madan Online, 2019
The objective of this paper is to report the first methodological approach to identifying archaeo... more The objective of this paper is to report the first methodological approach to identifying archaeological carbonized dried and cooked vegetative storage organs. Three economically important South American tuber crops, manioc (Manihot esculenta Crantz), sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) and white potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), were selected for experimental drying, cooking, charring, and parenchymatous tissue analysis. Microscopic examination reveals multiple distinctive cellular and tissue alteration forms. They are the result of cell wall degradation, cell rupture, cell separation, and starch gelatinization during processing and charring. Eight cellular and tissue alteration types and 22 variants are described – the majority of which are diagnostic for identifying drying and cooking methods.
The authors readdress the thesis they have defended since 2000 of the existence of a madrasa in A... more The authors readdress the thesis they have defended since 2000 of the existence of a madrasa in Alcácer do Sal (Setúbal) in Almohad times, probably founded by Caliph Ya’ qūb al-Manṣūr in the year 1191 corresponding to year 587 in the Islamic calendar). They now present new information and archaeological data: based on the reality of Alcácer, they propose using a new concept, proto-madrasa, which they consider to be more appropriate to characterise a religious, administrative and political teaching institution depending on the Islamic state, but taking place in adapted pre-existing structures rather than a specific architectural structure. KEY WORDS: Middle ages (Islamic); Qaṣr al-Fatḥ; kuttāb; Religion; Madrasa; Ṭalaba.