Michael J. Harrower

Water Histories and Spatial Archaeology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Compares ancient Southwest Arabia with the American West to illustrate revealing similarities and contrasts surrounding water usage.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 487g
• ISBN-13: 9781107134652
• ISBN-10: 110713465X
• Artikelnr.: 44271786

Autorenporträt

Michael J. Harrower is Assistant Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at The Johns Hopkins University and has over fifteen years of archaeological experience exploring the remote desert highlands of Ethiopia, Jordan, Yemen and Oman. He is a leading-expert in spatial technologies, and is co-editor, with Douglas C. Comer, of Mapping Archaeological Landscapes from Space (2013).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: comparing water histories of America and Arabia; 2.
Comparison and juxtaposition in archaeology: water, agriculture and state
formation in space and time; 3. Water histories of ancient Yemen in global
comparative perspective; 4. Pastoralism, water and the beginning of
agriculture in Southwest Arabia; 5. Water histories of Southwest Arabian
kingdoms (and the American West); 6. Conclusion: water histories,
comparison, geopolitics and spatial archaeology.