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Water histories and spatial archaeology : ancient Yemen and the American West /
Compares ancient Southwest Arabia with the American West to illustrate revealing similarities and contrasts surrounding water usage.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of plates; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Water histories and Orientalism; Water histories and the archetypes of America and Arabia; Geopolitics of East and West: Commonalities and contemporary conflict; 2 Comparison and juxtaposition in archaeology; Spatial analysis and spatial theory in studies of water histories; Water histories of ancient Yemen: comparison and juxtaposition in space and time; Water, space/time, and the beginnings of agriculture.
- Water, space/time, and the rise of complex politiesThe future of comparison, juxtaposition, and spatial archaeology; 3 Water histories of ancient Yemen in global comparative perspective; Irrigation, hunting, and gathering; Water, irrigation, and pastoralism; Water, irrigation, and incipient farming; Irrigation among chiefdoms, kingdoms, and states; Long-term water histories of ancient Yemen in comparative perspective; 4 Water and the beginnings of pastoralism and agriculture in Southwest Arabia; The beginnings of Southwest Arabian pastoralism.
- Spatial dimensions of water flow and cattle grazing territories along Wadi SanaThe beginnings of Southwest Arabian irrigation; Spatial dimensions of water flow and irrigable areas along Wadi Sana; Agricultural origins, frontiers, and water in ancient Southwest Arabia; 5 Water histories of Southwest Arabian kingdoms (and the American West); The elaboration of agriculture and irrigation in Bronze Age Yemen; Intermediate-scale irrigation: A comparative perspective; Irrigation and the rise of Iron Age kingdoms; Spatial dimensions of water flow and ancient Southwest Arabian kingdoms.
- Irrigation, the Kingdom of Himyar, and the rise of highland powerWater, complex polities, and spatial heterogeneity in ancient Southwest Arabia; 6 Conclusion; Water histories, contrastive juxtaposition, and spatial archaeology; Water and ancient transitions to agriculture; Water and the rise of ancient complex polities; Xenophobia, water crises, and the War on Terror; Bibliography; Index; Plates.