Over the Top!

Mar 16, 2014

Over the Top!                
 
 
 Image © Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford 
This bellam prow was photographed by WIlfred Thesiger, whose widely-read book The Marsh Arabs, still in print, first captured European imagination in the 1950s, Click the link to see more of his wonderful photographs curated by the Pitt-Rivers Museum. Our profound thanks to U of SC Prof. Yvonne Ivory for pushing us past the halfway point.

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Yvonne IvoryBacker

My pleasure! I recently heard a BBC podcast about Pitt-Rivers and his museum; now I have yet another reason to go visit it! Best of luck with this endevour.

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About This Project

Water From Oil: Can We Help Restore Iraq's Marshes?

University of South Carolina

Collapse of the marsh ecosystems of southern Iraq after 1991 forced hundreds of thousands of people into urban slums, and led to contamination of the remaining water supply. We will establish three test beds to see whether brackish water returned from oil drilling and refining can be used to construct new salt marshes. These will filter water, provide forage for livestock, create habitat for fish nurseries, and give new economic opportunities.