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Water Engineering in the Ancient World

by Charles R. Ortloff

Charles Ortloff provides a new perspective on archaeological studies of the urban and agricultural water supply and distribution systems of the major ancient civilizations of South America, the Middle East and South-East Asia, by using modern computer analysis methods to extract the true hydraulic/hydrological knowledge base available to these peoples. From archaeological field studies and analysis of the many canal, acqueduct, and water control systems produced by these civilizations and the vast variety of specialized agricultural systems appropriate to their local environmental and climate conditions, Ortloff concludes that a high degree of knowledge of hydraulic engineering principles is incorporated into their design and usage, pre-dating by many centuries the discovery of these principles by Western science. 424p b/w illus (Oxford UP 2009)

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