TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bonnie,Rick
AU  - Klingborg,Patrik
TI  - Water in ancient Mediterranean households
T2  - Global perspectives on ancient Mediterranean archaeology
SN  - 9781032214009
AV  - TD295.M4 W38 2024
U1  - 628.1/0918220902 23/eng/20230822
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Water-supply
KW  - Mediterranean Region
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Water and civilization
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Household Water, Environment and Economy in Ancient Piraeus / Jane Millar Tully -- Rainwater Collection Strategies in Pompeian Houses / Gemma Jansen -- Water as Social Inequality in Late Roman Britain / James Gerrard
N2  - "This book provides the first detailed study of the water supply of households in antiquity. Chapters explore settings from Classical Greece to the Late Roman Empire across a wide variety of environments, from dry deserts and moderate Mediterranean zones to wet and temperate climates further north. The different case studies presented in each chapter are united by three intimately interconnected aspects. The first, rainwater harvesting in cisterns, provides detailed techno-hydraulic investigations of the household water supply systems. The second aspect, households and water at the margins, stresses how domestic water supply systems were successfully adapted to unusually harsh environmental conditions. The third, other waters for houses, focuses on other types of water supply systems (rivers, water-bearers, stepped pools, wells) and their life biographies. As shown by the different chapters, a careful study of a household's water supply is a rich source of evidence for understanding everyday decisions, anxieties, and changes in life. They also build towards a greater understanding of the social inequalities that are at play in the ancient Mediterranean and beyond, providing a wealth of new research to greatly augment our understanding of water as a resource in the ancient Mediterranean. Providing a new and important perspective on a central part of everyday life in the ancient world, this book is aimed at archaeologists and historians of the ancient Mediterranean, notably the Greek and Roman worlds, especially those with an interest in ancient households and water culture"--
ER  -