The Hydraulic State: Science and Society in the Ancient World (Routledge Studies in Archaeology)

Synopsis

The Hydraulic State explores the hydraulic engineering technology underlying water system constructions of many of the ancient World Heritage sites in South America, the Middle East and Asia as used in their urban and agricultural water supply systems. Using a range of methods and techniques, some new to archaeology, Ortloff analyzes various ancient water systems such as agricultural field system designs known in ancient Peruvian and Bolivian Andean societies, water management at Nabataean Petra, the Roman Pont du Garde water distribution castellum, the Minoan site of Knossos and the water systems of dynastic (and modern) China, particularly the Grand Canal and early water systems designed to control flood episodes. In doing so the book greatly increases our understanding of the hydraulic/hydrological engineering of ancient societies through the application of Complexity Theory, Similitude Theory and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis, as well as traditional archaeological analysis methods. Serving to highlight the engineering science behind water structures of the ancient World Heritage sites discussed, this book will be of interest to archaeologists working on landscape archaeology, urbanism, agriculture and water management.

Copyright:

2020

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

390 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000088250

Related ISBNs:

9780367502386, 9780367858087, 9781003015192

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

08/12/20

Copyrighted By:

Charles R. Ortloff, The right of Charles R. Ortloff to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Technology

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