Reconstructing irrigation at Otrar Oasis, Kazakhstan, AD 800-1700

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 375-388

  Clarke, D ^a   Sala, R ^b   Deom, J M ^b   Meseth, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF IONOSPHERE   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Central Asia; Irrigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144538857     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.195     Document Type: Article

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