Handbook of Ancient Water Technology

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.

About the author

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