Inhaltsangabe: Water histories and spatial archaeology :

1. Verfasser:	Harrower, Michael J.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr:	Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Umfang/Format:	232 p. : ill.
Schlagworte:	East and West > History. Human geography > West (U.S.) > History. Human geography > Yemen (Republic) > History > To 1500. Irrigation > West (U.S.) > History. Irrigation > Yemen (Republic) > History > To 1500. Spatial analysis (Statistics) in archaeology Water-supply > West (U.S.) > History. Water-supply > Yemen (Republic) > History > To 1500. West (U.S.) > Antiquities. Yemen (Republic) > Antiquities.
Parallelausgabe:	Water histories and spatial archaeology : ancient Yemen and the American West. [Print]
Online Zugang:	Online available (Cambridge University Press)

Inhaltsangabe:

Introduction: Comparing water histories of America and Arabia
2. Comparison and juxtaposition in archaeology : water, agriculture and state formation in space and time
3. Water histories of ancient Yemen in global comparative perspective
4. Pastoralism, water and the beginning of agriculture in Southwest Arabia
5. Water histories of Southwest Arabian kingdoms (and the American West)
6. Conclusion: Water histories, comparison, geopolitics and spatial archaeology.