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Archaeologies of water in the Roman Near East : 63 BC-AD 636 / Zena Kamash.

By: Series: Gorgias studies in classical and late antiquity ; 8Publication details: U.S.A : Gorgias Press, 2010Description: xv, 230 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781611434217
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.910093/409015 23 K15
LOC classification:
  • DS56 .K27 2013
Contents:
The introduction and uses of new water technologies -- River-fed irrigation -- Aquifer-fed irrigation -- Floodwater farming -- Well and cistern-fed garden cultivation -- Spring-fed irrigation -- Teleilat al-anab -- Water and the economy -- Watermills -- Tanning, dyeing, and fulling -- Fishponds (vivaria) -- The rural-urban divide -- The rural economy in the late Roman period -- Urban productivity and industry in the late Roman period -- Attitudes towards water as a resource in the Roman Near East -- Dams -- Urban water storage -- Aqueduct-fed storage -- Nymphaea -- Bathhouses -- The use of water in domestic contexts : status and display -- Water, hygiene, cleanliness, and purity -- Water and pagan religion in the Roman and late Roman Near East -- Gods with a watery element to their character -- Cosmological associations of watery locations : sacred springs, rivers, lakes, pools, and wells -- Watery themes in religious iconography -- Cult of Atargatis -- Maioumas and other festivals -- Votive deposition, oracles, and divination -- Water, healing, and purification -- Conclusions.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-225) and index.

The introduction and uses of new water technologies -- River-fed irrigation -- Aquifer-fed irrigation -- Floodwater farming -- Well and cistern-fed garden cultivation -- Spring-fed irrigation -- Teleilat al-anab -- Water and the economy -- Watermills -- Tanning, dyeing, and fulling -- Fishponds (vivaria) -- The rural-urban divide -- The rural economy in the late Roman period -- Urban productivity and industry in the late Roman period -- Attitudes towards water as a resource in the Roman Near East -- Dams -- Urban water storage -- Aqueduct-fed storage -- Nymphaea -- Bathhouses -- The use of water in domestic contexts : status and display -- Water, hygiene, cleanliness, and purity -- Water and pagan religion in the Roman and late Roman Near East -- Gods with a watery element to their character -- Cosmological associations of watery locations : sacred springs, rivers, lakes, pools, and wells -- Watery themes in religious iconography -- Cult of Atargatis -- Maioumas and other festivals -- Votive deposition, oracles, and divination -- Water, healing, and purification -- Conclusions.