The Qanāt: a multidisciplinary and diachronic approach to the study of groundwater catchment systems in archaeology

Autor: Julien Charbonnier, Kristen Hopper
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Water History. 10:3-11
ISSN: 1877-7244
1877-7236
DOI: 10.1007/s12685-018-0214-9
Popis: The qanāt, as a traditional, low-cost, sustainable, water distribution system, was fundamental for the settlement of arid environments. This brief introduction to the special issue “The Qanāt: Archaeology and Environment” presents an overview of a workshop of the same name, held at Durham University in October 2014, and introduces the key themes that are explored through the papers in this volume. It also lays out the basis of an interdisciplinary research agenda for qanāt studies in archaeology.
Databáze: OpenAIRE