Irrigation on the Tehran Plain, Iran: Tepe Pardis - The site of a possible Neolithic irrigation feature?

Catena

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-300

  Gillmore, G K ^a   Coningham, R A E ^b   Fazeli, H ^c   Young, R L ^d   Magshoudi, M ^e   Batt, C M ^f   Rushworth, G ^f  

^a School of Geography   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Tourism and Handicrafts Organisation   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iran; Neolithic; Tehran Plain; Water management

Indexed keywords

CANAL; DATING METHOD; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NEOLITHIC; SITE INVESTIGATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 67650760351     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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