Archaeologies of water in the Roman Near East

Archaeologies of water in the Roman Near East: 63 BC-AD 636

by Kamash, Zena

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Archaeologies of water in the Roman Near East : 63 BC-AD 636 / Zena Kamash.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2010.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Gorgias Press
  • Place of Publication:Piscataway, NJ
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2010.

Notes

Índice.

The Physical Object

  • Description:230 p. ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781611434217, 1611434211
  • oclc:ocn912486625

Table of Contents

The introduction and uses of new water technologies -- River-fed irrigation -- Aquifer-fed irrigation -- Floodwater farming -- Well and cistern-fed garden cultivation -- Spring-fed irrigation -- Teleilat al-anab -- Water and the economy -- Watermills -- Tanning, dyeing, and fulling -- Fishponds (vivaria) -- The rural-urban divide -- The rural economy in the late Roman period -- Urban productivity and industry in the late Roman period -- Attitudes towards water as a resource in the Roman Near East -- Dams -- Urban water storage -- Aqueduct-fed storage -- Nymphaea -- Bathhouses -- The use of water in domestic contexts : status and display -- Water, hygiene, cleanliness, and purity -- Water and pagan religion in the Roman and late Roman Near East -- Gods with a watery element to their character -- Cosmological associations of watery locations : sacred springs, rivers, lakes, pools, and wells -- Watery themes in religious iconography -- Cult of Atargatis -- Maioumas and other festivals -- Votive deposition, oracles, and divination -- Water, healing, and purification -- Conclusions.

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Subjects

Agua -- Abastecimiento -- Hasta 1500. -… Agua -- Abastecimiento -- Hasta S.XV --… Agua -- Aspectos sociales -- Hasta 1500… Agua -- Utilización -- Hasta 1500. -- O… Agua y civilización -- Hasta 1500 Middle East -- Civilization -- To 476 Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622 Oriente Medio -- Civilización -- Hasta … Oriente Medio -- Civilización -- Hasta … Oriente Medio -- Restos arqueológicos r… Water -- Social aspects -- To 1500. -- … Water and civilization -- To 1500 Water-supply -- To 1500. -- Middle East

Writers

Kamash, Zena

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