Ortloff, Charles R.

Water engineering in the ancient world : archaeological and cliamte perspectives on societies of ancient South America, the Middle east, and South-East Asia / Charles R. Ortloff. - New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. - viii, 424 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [406]-419) and index.

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.

9780199239092


Water-supply engineering--History
Paleohydrology
Water resources development--History


Naher Osten
Altamerika