Handbook of Ancient Water Technology

Buch | Hardcover

744 Seiten

2002
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-11123-3 (ISBN)

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Based on archaeological and written evidence, this volume presents a study of water use and water technology in an area from Mesopotamia to the Atlantic Ocean, from the beginning of the Neolithic period up to c. AD 600.

A magisterial handbook on water use and water technology in an area from Mesopotamia to the Atlantic Ocean, from the beginning of the Neolithic period up to ca. A.D. 600. Based on the archaeological and written evidence, it discusses the socio-economic background, irrigation and drainage, water supply, water in recreation (fountains, baths, etc.), larger hydraulic works (canals and sluices, dams, drainage), water-power, water legislation and the administration of water resources.

Örjan Wikander, Ph.D. (1980), is Universitetslektor (Associate Professor) in the department of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History of the University of Lund, Sweden. His English-language publications include Deliciae fictiles (1993) and The Exploitation of Water-Power or Technological Stagnation? (1984).

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.6.2002
Reihe/Serie	Technology and Change in History ; 2
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	1287 g
Einbandart	Leinen
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	90-04-11123-9 / 9004111239
ISBN-13	978-90-04-11123-3 / 9789004111233
Zustand	Neuware