En el presente trabajo abordamos el proceso de ocupación del perímetro suburbano de Madīnat Qurṭuba a través de un caso concreto, emplazado en el sector occidental de la ciudad. Se trata de un ejemplo que muestra cómo las primeras construcciones que tienen lugar durante época emiral, con una evidente labor islamizadora, influyeron en el urbanismo de los arrabales que se implantaron posteriormente durante el califato. Analizamos las edificaciones previas a la gran expansión del s. X y la evolución del urbanismo de este sector hasta su abandono definitivo como consecuencia de la fitna. This work addresses the occupation proccess of the suburban perimeter of Madīnat Qurṭuba through a specific case, located in the western sector of the city. Within this area, the earliest constructions built during emiral times, which had an evident Islamizing intention, influenced the suburban urbanism developed during the caliphate. Our paper also aims to analyze the structures previous to the great caliphal expansion of the 10th c., and the urban evolution of this sector until its definitive abandonment as a consequence of the fitna.

With this paper we want to offer an overall view about the urban changes generated in the Cercadilla Archaeological Zone after the political function of the Emperor Maximianus Herculius palatium ceased.

Since the 8th century, Cordoba has been undergoing a process of urban transformation led by the Umayyad rulers in order to configure its new status as the capital and to meet the needs of its growing population. The construction of the rabad of Šaqunda was an essential element within this new city. Written sources and archaeological remains indicate the existence of the city's first souk and market area in this suburb. The characterization of the population that inhabited it shows an islamized and arabized society. Its epic end marked by the "riot of the suburb" in 818 AD and the epic of its inhabitants expelled from al-Andalus, gives an unparalleled image of a definitive historical moment in the evolution of the medieval peninsula and the Mediterranean.

Durante la excavación arqueológica de calle Gitanos 8 (Córdoba) apareció un fragmento de cerámica con grafía árabe incisa. Este pequeño fragmento epigrafiado se localizó dentro del contexto histórico del arrabal emiral de Šaqunda y nos puede dar cierta idea acerca del grado de alfabetización e islamización de este populoso arrabal cordobés a lo largo del siglo VIII, antes de su posterior destrucción y abandono durante el famoso motín del arrabal, a inicios del siglo IX. A propósito de la presentación de este grafito, aprovechamos también para dar a conocer nuevos datos sobre los restos arqueológicos donde se encontraba enmarcada la pieza.