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Genre/Form: | History History (form) |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Charles R Ortloff |
ISBN: | 9780199239092 0199239096 |
OCLC Number: | 243820345 |
Description: | viii, 424 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Ancient pre-Columbian Peru, Bolivia and Mesoamerica -- The ancient Middle East -- Ancient South-East Asia -- Hydraulic engineering and water management strategies of ancient societies -- Environmental and climate perspectives on New World, Old World, and South-East Asian societies' achievements in the hydraulic sciences. |
Responsibility: | Charles R. Ortloff. |
Abstract:
A new perspective on archaeological studies of the urban and agricultural water supply and distribution systems of the major ancient civilizations of South America, the Middle East, and South-East Asia. Charles Ortloff uses modern computer analysis methods to extract the true hydraulic/hydrological knowledge base available to these peoples.
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