Archaeologies of water in the Roman Near East : 63 BC-AD 636 - Kamash, Zena, 1977- (U.S.A : Gorgias Press, 2010)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-225) and index.
Keywords: Middle East -- Antiquities, Roman; Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622.; Middle East -- Social life and customs