5. Islamic Houses

The Muslim occupants of the castle settled along the south-eastern slope of the hill, where the foundations of houses and silos were found.

This site was identified as containing the remains of inhabitation, silos and the foundations of a community oven. Based on the artefacts discovered here over the course of a series of archaeological digs – including fragments of pottery and ceramic recipients –, it has proven possible to reconstruct some of the typological characteristics of the Islamic material culture prevailing here between the 10th and 12th centuries, including the identification of pans, jugs, pots, amphoras, baking dishes, bowls and bottles.

 

The interior of these homes above all served for the women to prepare foodstuffs and to weave wool. The site has also yielded numerous instruments related with the latter practice ranging from spinning wheels, spindles in copper alloy, combing items and marble yarn spool fragments.

The Mark - Collection d'art contemporain de l'Hôtel Humaniti Montreal
  1. MARC SÉGUIN | H-Anima | 2021
  2. LUCION | La Monarque | 2025
  3. DAVID ELLIOTT | Chorus & Illumination | 2011-2012 & 2009
  4. TREVOR GOULD | Solid Ground | 2012
  5. CASSANDRA PRINVILLE | Vestige d'or|2024
  6. JEAN-ROBERT DROUILLARD | Jeune Sauveur | 2013
  7. JEAN -ROBERT DROUILLARD | Mes deux LÉO | 2020
  8. FABIENNE LASSERRE | Larmes 5 | 2018
  9. DERRICK PIENS | Epiphonic Womb | 2016
  10. MARK CLINTBERG | Over You | 2018
  11. CATHERINE BOLDUC | Grand paysage lunatique | 2016
  12. MARK CLINTBERG | It Happens At Night | 2018
  13. SOUL CURRY ART | Stories Of Us, Fragmented Melodies & Intersections | 2022
  14. IZABELLE DUGAY | Sans titre | 2022
  15. JANET WERNER | VSC Bonfire | 2017
  16. GWENAËL BÉLANGER | Le grand fatras | 2005
  17. CHRIS CRAN | Série Chorus | 2007-2018
  18. CORNO | Visage rouge sur fond rouge | 2008
  19. LAUREN PELC-McARTHUR | Giant's Hinge & Duo Sifter Snap | 2021 & 2019
  20. VANESSA SPIZZIRRI | Layered Sunset | 2025
  21. ALEXANDER MCLEOD | In Bloom | 2025
  22. ELIANE EXCOFFIER | Buse, Éventail, Plume & Cheval
  23. LUCAS BEAUFORT | Human after all | 2023