02744nam 2200661Ia 450 991081010050332120200520144314.00-19-191749-41-282-35462-097866123546250-19-155354-9(CKB)2550000000002836(EBL)472340(OCoLC)536239610(SSID)ssj0000344346(PQKBManifestationID)11278885(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000344346(PQKBWorkID)10306959(PQKB)10470810(MiAaPQ)EBC472340(StDuBDS)EDZ0002351235(Au-PeEL)EBL472340(CaPaEBR)ebr10353948(CaONFJC)MIL235462(PPN)273244094(EXLCZ)99255000000000283620080801d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWater 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. Ortloff1st ed.Oxford Oxford University Press20091 online resource (433 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2009.0-19-923909-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexA 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.Oxford scholarship online.PaleohydrologyWater resources developmentHistoryWater-supply engineeringHistoryPaleohydrology.Water resources developmentHistory.Water-supply engineeringHistory.628.1093Ortloff Charles R775926MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810100503321Water engineering in the ancient world1705789UNINA