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Water engineering in the ancient world : archaeological and climate perspectives on societies of ancient South America, the Middle East, and South-East Asia / by Charles R. Ortloff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ortloff, Charles R.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paleohydrology.
- Water resources development--History.
- Water resources development.
- Water-supply engineering--History.
- Water-supply engineering.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (433 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A new perspective on archaeological studies of the urban and agricultural water supply and distribution systems of the major ancient civilizations of South America, the Middle East, and South-East Asia. Ortloff uses modern computer analysis methods to extract the true hydraulic/hydrological knowledge base available to these peoples.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1. Ancient pre-Columbian Peru, Bolivia and Mesoamerica; 2. The Ancient Middle East; 3. Ancient South-East Asia; 4. Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management Strategies of Ancient Societies; 5. Environmental and Climate Perspectives on New World, Old World, and South-East Asian Societies' Achievements in the Hydraulic Sciences; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-191749-4
- 1-282-35462-0
- 9786612354625
- 0-19-155354-9
- OCLC:
- 536239610
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