Glass from Quseir al-Qadim and the Indian Ocean Trade Susan M Moore

Glass from Quseir al-Qadim and the Indian Ocean Trade Susan M MooreThe final report on the first and second century a. d. and thirteenth and fourteenth century Islamic glass excavated at Quseir al Qadim on the Red Sea coast of Egypt. Describes the glass finds and their distribution from the Red Sea to Arabia, East Africa, and India and raises questions about glassmaking technology and long range trade in glass.

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the authors argue that community radio and television worldwide perform an essential service for indigenous and ethnic audiences

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An expensive Matsusaka cow vanishes from a cattle-house at the last minute before shipment

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Neil Postman presciently coined the term 'technopoly' to refer to 'the surrender of culture to technology'

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these postcards mailed from the edge of danger nonetheless maintain the upbeat language of their medium

Shakespeare's cinema of love addresses the question

A PDF version of this book is available for free in Open Access: Design for the New World

This volume considers the meaning of culture and anthropology’s role in defining it