Old World irrigation technology in a New World context: Qanats in Spanish colonial western Mexico

Antiquity

Volumn 73, Issue 280, 1999, Pages 440-446

  Beekman, Christopher S ^a   Weigand, Phil C ^b   Pint, John J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b El Colegio de Michoacan AC   (Mexico)

^c Grupo Espeleologico Zotz   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Economy; Irrigation; Qanat; Spanish colonies

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; IRRIGATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MEXICO;

EID: 0032812679     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00088396     Document Type: Article

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