The archaeology of water supply /

The archaeology of water supply / edited by Marta Żuchowska. - 115 pages : illusrations ; 30 cm. - BAR international series ; 2414 . - BAR international series ; 2414. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Drainage system of the rainwater and the excess water discharged on the streets of Pompeii / The cuniculi of Tuscania: the oracle down the well / A social role of Roman baths in the province of Moesia Superior / Roman law and archaeological evidence on water management / Water distribution in Pelusium -- a short note for a larger problem / Water supply in Palmyra, a chronological approach / New evidence on Roman water supply in the Ebro Valley: the Roman dam of Muel (Zaragoza, Spain) / Waste and rain water evacuation in medieval Muslim towns: the case of Al-Andalus / Late mediaeval city of Kalisz water supply: evidence of archaeological data and written sources / Water supply to the city of Warsaw (Poland) from the 14th to the 19th centuries -- the archaeological sources / Yoshiki Hori -- Lorenzo Caponetti -- Marko A. Janković -- Sufyan al Karaimeh -- Krzysztof Jakubiak -- K. Juchniewicz, M. Żuchowska -- P. Uribe, A. Magallón, J. Fanlo -- Ieva Reklaityte -- Tadeusz Baranowski, Urszula Sowina, Leszek Ziąbka, Robert Żukowski -- Włodzimierz Pela.

"A collection of papers on the archaeology of water installation from a session presented at the EAA conference in The Hague, September 2010"--Publisher's web site.

9781407310121 (pbk.) 1407310127 (pbk.)

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016178596 Uk


Water-supply--History.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Europe
Hydraulics--History.


History

GB659.6 / .A73 2012

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