Jonas Berking (Ed.), Water Management in Ancient Civilizations, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2018

Abstract

This volume brings together papers on Water Management in Ancient Civilizations. It envelops a great variety of ancient means to harvest, supply, distribute, and dispute water in all its forms. Contributions range in time period from the early means of water management in Mesopotamia and Egypt, to the Epochs of Hellenistic and Roman Eras, into medieval times and beyond. The fascinating momentum of ancient water management include not only the great solutions and applications that were already at hand thousands of years ago, but its implications and importance for present and future problems, since water is, was, and will continue to be the most precious resource for human wellbeing.

Content

7–16 Jonas Berking, "Water Management in Ancient Civilizations: Editorial", in: Jonas Berking (Ed.), Water Management in Ancient Civilizations, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2018, 7–16
17–42 John Peter Oleson, "Strategies for Water Supply in Arabia Petraea during the Nabataean through Early Islamic Periods: Local Adaptations of the Regional ‘Technological Shelf’", in: Jonas Berking (Ed.), Water Management in Ancient Civilizations, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2018, 17–42
43–69 Gül Sürmelihindi, "Palaeo-Environmental Condition Factor on the Diffusion of Ancient Water Technologies", in: Jonas Berking (Ed.), Water Management in Ancient Civilizations, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2018, 43–69
71–85 Elio Nenci, "The Water Lifting Devices and the Origin of Ancient Mechanics: Shādūf and Pulley", in: Jonas Berking (Ed.), Water Management in Ancient Civilizations, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2018, 71–85
87–106 Lauretta Maganzani, "Irrigation Communities in the Roman World Through Epigraphic Sources and Justinian’s Digest", in: Jonas Berking (Ed.), Water Management in Ancient Civilizations, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2018, 87–106
107–115 Marguerite Ronin, "Sharing Water in the Roman Countryside: Environmental Issues, Economic Interests, and Legal Solutions", in: Jonas Berking (Ed.), Water Management in Ancient Civilizations, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2018, 107–115
117–195 Ingo Schrakamp, "Irrigation in 3rd Millennium Southern Mesopotamia: Cuneiform Evidence from the Early Dynastic IIIb City-State of Lagash (2475–2315 BC)", in: Jonas Berking (Ed.), Water Management in Ancient Civilizations, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2018, 117–195
197–226 Christopher Gerrard and Alejandra Gutièrrez, "The Qanat in Spain: Archaeology and Environment", in: Jonas Berking (Ed.), Water Management in Ancient Civilizations, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2018, 197–226
227–253 Sarah Isselhorst, Jonas Berking and Brigitta Schütt, "Irrigation Communities and Agricultural Water Management in Andalusia. A Special Focus on the Vega of Vélez Blanco", in: Jonas Berking (Ed.), Water Management in Ancient Civilizations, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2018, 227–253
255–296 Monika Trümper, "Swimming Pools and Water Management in the Eastern Mediterranean World of the 4th to 1st Century BC", in: Jonas Berking (Ed.), Water Management in Ancient Civilizations, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2018, 255–296
297–320 Sophie Bouffier, Vincent Dumas, Philippe Lenhardt and Jean-Louis Paillet, "HYDROSYRA Project. Some Reflections about the Ancient Aqueduct of Galermi (Syracuse, Italy)", in: Jonas Berking (Ed.), Water Management in Ancient Civilizations, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2018, 297–320
321–346 Anette Schomberg, "The Karnak Clepsydra and its Successors: Egypt’s Contribution to the Invention of Time Measurement", in: Jonas Berking (Ed.), Water Management in Ancient Civilizations, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2018, 321–346