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Handbook of Ancient Water Technology

English · Leather / Fine binding

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A magisterial handbook on water use and water technology in an area from Mesopotamia to the Atlantic Ocean, from the beginning of the Neolithic period up to ca. A.D. 600. Based on the archaeological and written evidence, it discusses the socio-economic background, irrigation and drainage, water supply, water in recreation (fountains, baths, etc.), larger hydraulic works (canals and sluices, dams, drainage), water-power, water legislation and the administration of water resources.


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Örjan Wikander, Ph.D. (1980), is Universitetslektor (Associate Professor) in the department of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History of the University of Lund, Sweden. His English-language publications include Deliciae fictiles (1993) and The Exploitation of Water-Power or Technological Stagnation? (1984).


Product details

Assisted by Örjan Wikander (Editor)
Publisher Brill
 
Content Book
Product form Leather / Fine binding
Publication date 28.06.2002
Subject Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design
Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering
 
EAN 9789004111233
ISBN 978-90-04-11123-3
Pages 744
Dimensions (packing) 17.2 x 24.3 x 5.2 cm
Weight (packing) 1,461 g
 
Series Technology and Change in Histo > 2
Subjects Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Europe / General, ARCHITECTURE / Interior Design / General, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, Technology & Industrial Arts, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Hydraulics
 

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