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A major contribution to one of the central themes in social theory, this book integrates multiple case studies of the relationship between water control and social organization. Substantial in empirical detail and featuring powerful theoretical extensions, Scarborough's analysis encompasses early Harappan society in South Asia, highland Mexico, the Maya lowlands, north-central Sri Lanka, the prehistoric American Southwest, and Bronze Age Greece. This book is the first longitudinal study to consider water management worldwide since Karl Wittfogel put forth his "hydraulic societies" hypothesis nearly two generations ago, and it draws together the diverse debates that seminal work inspired. In so doing, Scarborough offers new models for cross-cultural analysis and prepares the ground for new examinations of power, centralization, and the economy.
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Vernon L. Scarborough is professor of anthropology at the University of Cincinnati and a former resident scholar at the School of American Research. He has published widely in archaeology, especially on water management among the ancient Maya and other groups.
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In this important book, Scarborough moves us away from traditional views of water management that revolve around highly centralized water-control systems into a far more nuanced ancient world....Not only archaeologists, but futurists and everyone in the water-management world, should heed this thoughtful analysis. --Brian M. Fagan, Cambridge Archaeological Journal
In this important book, Scarborough moves us away from traditional views of water management that revolve around highly centralized water-control systems into a far more nuanced ancient world....Not only archaeologists, but futurists and everyone in the water-management world, should heed this thoughtful analysis. --Brian M. Fagan, Cambridge Archaeological Journal
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- PublisherSchool for Advanced Research Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1930618328
- ISBN 13 9781930618329
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages224
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