Water Histories and Spatial Archaeology - Ancient Yemen and the American West

Compares ancient Southwest Arabia with the American West to illustrate revealing similarities and contrasts surrounding water usage.

List of contents

1. 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.

About the author

Michael J. Harrower is Assistant Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at The Johns Hopkins University and has over fifteen years of archaeological experience exploring the remote desert highlands of Ethiopia, Jordan, Yemen and Oman. He is a leading-expert in spatial technologies, and is co-editor, with Douglas C. Comer, of Mapping Archaeological Landscapes from Space (2013).

Summary

This book offers a new explanation for the spatial-political-environmental dynamics of water and irrigation in the long-term histories of two arid regions, Southwest Arabia (3500 BC–AD 600) and the American West (2000 BC–AD 1950).

Product details

• Authors: Michael J. Harrower, Michael J. (The Johns Hopkins University Harrower, Michael J. (The Johns Hopkins University) Harrower, Harrower Michael J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781316500682
• ISBN: 978-1-316-50068-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); NATURE / Natural Resources, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Ancient World, Science / Environmental Science, Landscape Archaeology, US West, Western & Pacific Coast states, Archaeological Theory, Environmental archaeology, Drought & Water Supply, Drought and water supply