Water engineering in the ancient world
Subtitle: archaeological and climate perspectives on societies of ancient South America, the Middle East, and South-East Asia
By: Charles R. Ortloff
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780199239092
Subjects: Water-supply engineering; Wasserwirtschaft; Paleohydrology; Water resources development; Wasserbau; Landwirtschaft; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [406]-419) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ancient pre-Columbian Peru, Bolivia and Mesoamerica; title: The ancient Middle East; title: Ancient South-East Asia; title: Hydraulic engineering and water management strategies of ancient societies; title: Environmental and climate perspectives on New World, Old World, and South-East Asian societies' achievements in the hydraulic sciences.