Beschreibung:
"A rich and detailed exploration of Qanats, the remarkably engineered ancient underground aqueducts, which includes worldwide examples from the Middle East, North Africa, Mediterranean, Central Asia, China, India, Southwest USA, Central America and South America"--
PrefaceAcknowledgementsThe Tradition and Global Diffusion of QanatsChapter 1: Form and Function of QanatsChapter 2: Construction and Distribution of QanatsChapter 3: Origins and Global History of QanatsThe Regional Geography of QanatsChapter 4: Iran: The Mother LodeChapter 5: Central and South AsiaChapter 6: Eastward Passages: China, Korea, JapanChapter 7: The Arabian PeninsulaChapter 8: IraqChapter 9: Turkey and the CaucasusChapter 10: Syria and the LevantChapter 11: North AfricaChapter 12: The Qanats of EuropeChapter 13: The Chain Wells of CyprusChapter 14: Underground Aqueducts in the Canary IslandsChapter 15: To the New WorldCompleting the Story and the View AheadChapter 16: Refining the Picture: Dating and Visualizing QanatsChapter 17: The Restoration and Future of QanatsNotesReferences