The dams and water management systems of Minoan Pseira [[electronic resource] /] / Philip P. Betancourt ; with an appendix by Floyd W. McCoy

• Autore: Betancourt Philip P. <1936->
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : INSTAP Academic Press, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (113 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.91/2093918
• Soggetto topico: Excavations (Archaeology) - Greece - Pseira Island; Bronze age - Greece - Pseira Island; Water-supply engineering - Greece - Pseira Island; Irrigation engineering - Greece - Pseira Island; Architecture, Minoan - Greece - Pseira Island
• Soggetto geografico: Pseira (Extinct city); Pseira Island (Greece) Antiquities
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-87) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""List of Figures""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Pseiran Agricultural Crisis in the Middle of the Second Millennium B.C.""; ""3 The Pseiran Water Management Systems""; ""4 Comments and Discussion""; ""Appendix""; ""References""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: Excavations at the Bronze Age seaport on Pseira Island uncovered the remains of sophisticated water retention systems that included the addition of retaining walls to prevent erosion, massive dams with associated reservoirs, and small check-dams to ravines that reached over one hundred meters in length in order to control water runoff and make it available for human use. Agriculture was one of the cornerstones of the Bronze Age Cretan economy, and it is no surprise that the ancient inhabitants of the island went to great lengths to control water runoff and make it available for human use. Desp
• Titolo autorizzato: The dams and water management systems of Minoan Pseira
• ISBN: 1-62303-000-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452277103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II