El ajuar inexistente: Objetos dentro de tumbas de musulmanes en al-Andalus

Abstract

Islamic burial regulations exclude the presence of grave goods. The article proposes to study the cases in which, contrary to this premise, archaeology has documented some objects inside the tombs. In order to address this issue, it is first necessary to correctly identify which of the graves that have been excavated in the Iberian Peninsula are actually Muslims graves. The material found have then been classified and an attempt has been made to determine what are the possible causes of its presence. Religiosity justifies the inclusion of writings of a pious nature; perhaps plague epidemics explain why some people were buried wearing jewels; a pottery vessel may have been used to hold the skeleton in position; some material from medieval or previous times may have been mixed in the soil, but there may have been many other causes.