Glass bead trade from Islamic Egypt to South Africa c. AD 900-1250

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-104

  Saitowitz, Sharma J ^a   Reid, David L ^a   Van Der Merwe, N J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ECONOMIC HISTORY; GLASS BEAD; HISTORICAL STUDY; MARITIME TRADE;

EGYPT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0029795342     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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