Life on the watershed Reconstructing subsistence in a steppe region using archaeological survey: a diachronic perspective on habitation in the Jordan Valley

• Yazar: Kaptijn, Eva (auth)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Leiden Sidestone Press 2009
• Konular: Middle & Near Eastern archaeology; Near Eastern archaeology; Jordan; water management; agricultural practices
• Online Erişim: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

The scarcity of water is a major problem in many parts of the Near East today and has been so in the past. To survive in such a region people should be able to structurally attain more water than rainfall alone can supply. The archaeology of this area should not only identify when people inhabited s...