Water and power in past societies

Weitere Verfasser: Holt, Emily, 1980- , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2018].
Umfang/Format: xiv, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology distinguished monograph series v. 7
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Inhalte/Bestandteile: 15 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • The political ecology of Chinampa landscapes in the basin of Mexico / Christopher T. Morehart
  • Irrigation and social organization: a Longue Durée perspective from the Jordan Valley / Eva Kaptijn
  • Water management by mobile pastoralists in the Middle East / Emily Hammer
  • Water and workshops: inequality among mining sites in ancient Laurion (Greece) / Kim Van Liefferinge
  • From elite villas to public spaces: the first decorative fountains in Ancient Rome / Brenda Longfellow
  • From urban oasis to desert hinterland: the decline of Petra's water system: the case of the Petra garden and pool complex / Leigh-Ann Bedal
  • Spatial archaeology, hydrology and the historical dynamics of water in ancient Southern Arabia (Yemen and Oman) / Michael Harrower
  • The sea and Bronze Age transformations / Christopher Prescott, Anette Sand-Eriksen and Knut Ivar Austvoll
  • Southeast Asian maritime power, 17th century spice wars, and Tiworo's neglected fortifications / Jennifer L. Gaynor
  • The power of coastal resources: assessing maritime economic opportunity in the Roman Mediterranean / Justin Leidwanger
  • Rivers as material infrastructure: a legacy from the past to the future / Matt Edgeworth
  • Geologies of belonging: the political ecology of water in Central Anatolia / Ö̈mür Harmansah
  • Some perspectives on the frequency of significant, historically forcing, drought and subsistence crises in Anatolia and region / Sturt W. Manning
  • A framework for facing the past / Vernon L Scarborough.