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245 00 $aAncient water technologies /$cLarry W. Mays, editor.
260 $aDordrecht [Netherlands] ;$aLondon ;$aNew York :$bSpringer,$cc2010.
300 $axii, 280 p. :$bill. (some col.), maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aThere is no more fundamental resource than water. The basis of all life, water is fast becoming a key issue in today’s world, as well as a source of conflict. This fascinating book, which sets out many of the ingenious methods by which ancient societies gathered, transported and stored water, is a timely publication as overextraction and profligacy threaten the existence of aquifers and watercourses that have supplied our needs for millennia. It provides an overview of the water technologies developed by a number of ancient civilizations, from those of Mesopotamia and the Indus valley to later societies such as the Mycenaeans, Minoans, Persians, and the ancient Egyptians. Of course, no book on ancient water technologies would be complete without discussing the engineering feats of the Romans and Greeks, yet as well as covering these key civilizations, it also examines how ancient American societies from the Hohokams to the Mayans and Incas husbanded their water supplies. This unusually wide-ranging text could offer today’s parched world some solutions to the impending crisis in our water supply.
650 0 $aHydraulic structures$xHistory.
650 0 $aCivilization, Ancient.
650 0 $aWater-supply$xHistory.
650 0 $aWater resources development$xHistory.
650 0 $aHydrology$xHistory.
650 0 $aWater$xHistory.
650 0 $aEnvironmental sciences
650 0 $aScience$xHistory
650 0 $aEnvironmental pollution
650 0 $aArchaeology
650 14 $aEnvironment
650 24 $aWaste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution
650 24 $aArchaeology
650 24 $aHistory of Science
700 1 $aMays, Larry W.
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