Dale Lightfoot

Qanat

Stream of Wells

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"A rich and detailed exploration of Qanats, the remarkably engineered ancient underground aqueducts, which includes worldwide examples from the Middle East, North Africa, Mediterranean, Central Asia, China, India, Southwest USA, Central America and South America"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 880
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 169mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781838602178
• ISBN-10: 1838602178
• Artikelnr.: 69920975

Autorenporträt

Dale Lightfoot

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgements The Tradition and Global Diffusion of Qanats
Chapter 1: Form and Function of Qanats Chapter 2: Construction and
Distribution of Qanats Chapter 3: Origins and Global History of Qanats The
Regional Geography of Qanats Chapter 4: Iran: The Mother Lode Chapter 5:
Central and South Asia Chapter 6: Eastward Passages: China, Korea, Japan
Chapter 7: The Arabian Peninsula Chapter 8: Iraq Chapter 9: Turkey and the
Caucasus Chapter 10: Syria and the Levant Chapter 11: North Africa Chapter
12: The Qanats of Europe Chapter 13: The Chain Wells of Cyprus Chapter 14:
Underground Aqueducts in the Canary Islands Chapter 15: To the New World
Completing the Story and the View Ahead Chapter 16: Refining the Picture:
Dating and Visualizing Qanats Chapter 17: The Restoration and Future of
Qanats Notes References