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Author Harrower, Michael J.

Title Water histories and spatial archaeology : ancient Yemen and the American West / Michael J. Harrower (Johns Hopkins University).

Publication Info. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

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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.
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.
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.
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.
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Subject Irrigation -- Yemen (Republic) -- History -- To 1500.
Irrigation.
Yemen (Republic)
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Irrigation -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Water-supply -- Yemen (Republic) -- History -- To 1500.
Human geography -- Yemen (Republic) -- History -- To 1500.
Water-supply.
Water-supply -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Human geography.
Human geography -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Spatial analysis (Statistics) in archaeology.
Spatial analysis (Statistics) in archaeology.
Yemen (Republic) -- Antiquities.
Antiquities.
West (U.S.) -- Antiquities.
East and West -- History.
East and West.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
West United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: 9781107134652 110713465X (DLC) 2015039554 (OCoLC)929863214
ISBN 9781316471142 (electronic book)
1316471144 (electronic book)
9781316555729 (electronic book)
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9781316500682 (paperback)
1316500683
9781107134652 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
110713465X (hardback ; alkaline paper)