Wind-towers and pearl fishing: Architectural signals in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Arabian Gulf
Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Antiquity
Publication Date
1-1-2005
Abstract
In this exercise in early modern Islamic archaeology, the authors make an intriguing link between pearl fishing and the wind-towers which provided air-conditioning to the luxury apartments of the successful merchants.
DOI Link
ISSN
Publisher
Company of Biologists Ltd
Volume
79
Issue
305
First Page
625
Last Page
635
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities
Keywords
Buildings, Maritime trade, Nineteenth century, Pearls, Persian Gulf
Scopus ID
Recommended Citation
Hawker, Ronald; Hull, Daniel; and Rouhani, Omid, "Wind-towers and pearl fishing: Architectural signals in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Arabian Gulf" (2005). All Works. 4005.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/4005
Indexed in Scopus
yes
Open Access
yes
Open Access Type
Green: A manuscript of this publication is openly available in a repository
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