Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Summary |
Compares ancient Southwest Arabia with the American West to illustrate revealing similarities and contrasts surrounding water usage |
Subject |
Irrigation -- Yemen (Republic) -- History -- To 1500
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Irrigation -- West (U.S.) -- History
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Water-supply -- Yemen (Republic) -- History -- To 1500
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Water-supply -- West (U.S.) -- History
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Human geography -- Yemen (Republic) -- History -- To 1500
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Human geography -- West (U.S.) -- History
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Spatial analysis (Statistics) in archaeology.
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East and West -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Antiquities
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East and West
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Human geography
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Irrigation
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Spatial analysis (Statistics) in archaeology
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Water-supply
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SUBJECT |
Yemen (Republic) -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92000951
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West (U.S.) -- Antiquities
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West United States
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Yemen (Republic)
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781316471142 |
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1316471144 |
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9781316555729 |
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1316555720 |
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9781316500682 |
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1316500683 |
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