Archaeologies of water in the Roman Near East
Subtitle: 63 BC-AD 636
By: by Zena Kamash
Series: Gorgias dissertations in Near Eastern studies -- 54
Publisher: Gorgias Press; Gorgias Press, LLC
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Piscataway, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9781611434217
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The introduction and uses of new water technologies; title: River-fed irrigation; title: Aquifer-fed irrigation; title: Floodwater farming; title: Well and cistern-fed garden cultivation; title: Spring-fed irrigation; title: Teleilat al-anab; title: Water and the economy; title: Watermills; title: Tanning, dyeing, and fulling; title: Fishponds (vivaria); title: The rural-urban divide; title: The rural economy in the late Roman period; title: Urban productivity and industry in the late Roman period; title: Attitudes towards water as a resource in the Roman Near East; title: Dams; title: Urban water storage; title: Aqueduct-fed storage; title: Nymphaea; title: Bathhouses; title: The use of water in domestic contexts : status and display; title: Water, hygiene, cleanliness, and purity; title: Water and pagan religion in the Roman and late Roman Near East; title: Gods with a watery element to their character; title: Cosmological associations of watery locations : sacred springs, rivers, lakes, pools, and wells; title: Watery themes in religious iconography; title: Cult of Atargatis; title: Maioumas and other festivals; title: Votive deposition, oracles, and divination; title: Water, healing, and purification; title: Conclusions.