12-23-2010, 06:12 AM
Ancient Water Technologies
Author: Mays, L. (Ed.) | Size: 11.7 MB | Format: PDF | Publisher: Springer | Year: 2010 | pages: 275 | ISBN: 978-90-481-8631-0
There is no more fundamental resource than water. The basis of all life, water is fast becoming a key issue in today’s world, as well as a source of conflict. This fascinating book, which sets out many of the ingenious methods by which ancient societies gathered, transported and stored water, is a timely publication as overextraction and profligacy threaten the existence of aquifers and watercourses that have supplied our needs for millennia.
It provides an overview of the water technologies developed by a number of ancient civilizations, from those of Mesopotamia and the Indus valley to later societies such as the Mycenaeans, Minoans, Persians, and the ancient Egyptians. Of course, no book on ancient water technologies would be complete without discussing the engineering feats of the Romans and Greeks, yet as well as covering these key civilizations, it also examines how ancient American societies from the Hohokams to the Mayans and Incas husbanded their water supplies. This unusually wide-ranging text could offer today’s parched world some solutions to the impending crisis in our water supply.
Content Level » Research
Keywords » ancient civilizations - ancient water systems - water history - water sustainability - water technology
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. A Brief History of Water Technology during Antiquity: Before the Romans
Larry W. Mays
2. Water Technology in Ancient Mesopotamia
Aldo Tamburrino
3.Water Technology in Ancient Egypt
Larry W. Mays
4. Ancient Greek Lavatories: Operation with Reused Water
Georgios P. Antoniou
5. Water Resource Management in Iran’s Ancient Persepolis Complex
Mahdi Moradi- Jalal, Siamak Arianfar, Bryan Karney and Andrew Colombo
6. A Web Based Information System for the Inspection of the Hydraulic Works in Ancient Greece
Nikos Mamassis and Demetris Koutsoyiannis
7. A Brief History of Roman Water Technology
Larry W. Mays
8. Analysis of the water system of the Roman city of Apamea
Benoît Haut and Didier Viviers
9. Water Technology in the Ancient American Societies
Larry W. Mays and Yuri Gorokhovich
10. Groundwater Resources and Earthquake Hazards: Ancient and Modern Perspectives
Yuri Gorokhovich, and Lee Ullman
11. Lessons from the Ancients on Water Resources Sustainability
Larry W. Mays
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