Chapter 11 The Christian and Islamic Population of Cercadilla, Cordoba: 7th–12th Century
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Abstract
Christianity is present in the Cercadilla archaeological site in Cordoba at a place of worship built specifically on three late Roman palatial buildings and in the late antique and Mozarabic necropolis in particular. The presence of the Islamic community, or of an Islamized population, is reflected in the architecture and urban layout of the 10th-century district located in this area of Cordoba. However, there is evidence of this community’s presence since the 7th century in the material culture of its members. An in-depth study of this material culture has allowed us to confirm that a significant number of these inhabitants continued to profess the Christian faith from the 8th century until perhaps even as late as the 12th century (fig. 11.1).