Water Engineering in Ancient Societies

Water Engineering in Ancient Societies

The chapter 'Water Engineering in Ancient Societies' involves the use of modern hydraulic engineering principles to describe the design, construction and use of ancient World Heritage water-system structures in South America and the Middle East.

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Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
Subjects:	Archaeology Biography and non-fiction prose air entrapment ancient water engineering aqueduct Archaic period beach ridges Bolivia canals Caral castellum central-Andes CFD CFD analysis CFD models critical flow engineered landscapes ENSO events flow rates flow stability fountain hydraulic analysis hydraulic design hydraulic/hydrological analysis hydraulics Inca Inka inverted siphons landscape change lead pipes Machu Picchu moat Nabataean perimeter drainage channel Peru Petra pipelines political ecology Pont du Gard pre-Columbian precolumbian Prehispanic pressure surges reservoirs resilience Roman Roman aqueducts site termination societal structure static pressure stone conduits subterranean channels surface canals Tipon urban Tiwanaku Vitruvius water engineering water security water systems wetland management
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