A brief history of water technology during antiquity: Before the romans

Ancient Water Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-28

  Mays, Larry W ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

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EID: 84872706766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8632-7_1     Document Type: Chapter

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