LEADER 02744nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910810100503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-191749-4 010 $a1-282-35462-0 010 $a9786612354625 010 $a0-19-155354-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000000002836 035 $a(EBL)472340 035 $a(OCoLC)536239610 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000344346 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11278885 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000344346 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10306959 035 $a(PQKB)10470810 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC472340 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0002351235 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL472340 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10353948 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235462 035 $a(PPN)273244094 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000002836 100 $a20080801d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWater engineering in the ancient world $earchaeological and climate perspectives on societies of ancient South America, the Middle East, and South-East Asia /$fby Charles R. Ortloff 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (433 p.) 225 1 $aOxford scholarship online 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2009. 311 $a0-19-923909-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 8 $aA new perspective on archaeological studies of the urban and agricultural water supply and distribution systems of the major ancient civilizations of South America, the Middle East, and South-East Asia. Ortloff uses modern computer analysis methods to extract the true hydraulic/hydrological knowledge base available to these peoples. 410 0$aOxford scholarship online. 606 $aPaleohydrology 606 $aWater resources development$xHistory 606 $aWater-supply engineering$xHistory 615 0$aPaleohydrology. 615 0$aWater resources development$xHistory. 615 0$aWater-supply engineering$xHistory. 676 $a628.1093 700 $aOrtloff$b Charles R$0775926 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810100503321 996 $aWater engineering in the ancient world$91705789 997 $aUNINA