1st Edition
The Hydraulic State Science and Society in the Ancient World
I Hydraulic engineering in pre-Columbian Peru and Bolivia
1. Origins and development of water science in the Andean world and societal development according to Modern Complexity Theory
2. Similitude in archaeology: examining agricultural system science in pre-Columbian Peru and Bolivia
3. Hydraulic engineering strategies in ancient Peru and Bolivia to manage water supplies for agriculture and urban centers
4. Climate change effects on sustainability of ancient Andean societies
5. New discoveries and perspectives on water management and state structure at AD 300-1100 Tiwanaku's Urban Center (Bolivia)
6. Inka hydraulic engineering at Tipon
7. 2600-1800 BC Caral: environmental change at a Late Archaic Period site in north-central coastal Peru
II Hydraulic engineering in the ancient Mediterranean world
8. Hydraulic engineering at 100 BC-AD 300 Nabataean Petra (Jordan)
9. The Pont du Garde aqueduct and Nemausus (Nîmes) castellum: insight into Roman hydraulic engineering practice
10. Roman castella: Calyx Quinaria and flow rate measurements
11. Observations on Minoan water systems in Crete
III Hydraulic engineering and social structure in Asian hydraulic societies
12 Hydraulic societies of Southeast Asia: ancient to modern
13. Conclusions
Biography
Charles R. Ortloff is the director of CFD Consultants International and Research Associate in Anthropology at the University of Chicago.
