Irrigation and Hydraulic Technology

Download or read book Irrigation and Hydraulic Technology written by Thomas F. Glick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1996 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers archaeological methods of studying irrigation systems, particularly the diffusion of hydraulic techniques and institutions from the Islamic world to medieval Spain; the hardware of water control and the institutions of water allotment; and the influence of the medieval Spanish irrigation systems on those in Texas and British India. Six of the 17 essays are here first translated from their Spanish or Catalan originals; another four remain in foreign language; they were first published or presented between 1968 and 1995.