History of water cisterns: Legacies and lessons

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1916-1940

  Mays, Larry ^a   Antoniou, George P ^b   Angelakis, Andreas N ^c  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ancient civilizations; Byzantine period; Classical period; Hellenistic period; Maya; Minoan crete; Ottomans; Roman period; Venetian period; Xochicalco

Indexed keywords

WATER RESOURCES;

ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS; BYZANTINE PERIOD; CLASSICAL PERIOD; HELLENISTIC PERIOD; MAYA; MINOAN CRETE; OTTOMANS; ROMAN PERIOD; VENETIAN PERIOD; XOCHICALCO;

UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

CHRONOLOGY; CIVILIZATION; HISTORICAL TIME (HUMAN HISTORY); MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NEOLITHIC; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84889032897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w5041916     Document Type: Review

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