Article: Water Management in Ancient Greek Cities.(Brief Article)

This is a pioneering investigation of a difficult but important topic how ancient Greek dries managed their water supplies. Dora P. Crouch, an urban historian who has studied dries as diverse as Palmyra and Santa Fe, draws on several disciplines to ask significant questions about some neglected problems of life in ancient dries. Crouch brings a fresh perspective to archaeological reports, and has tirelessly explored many sites at first hand. She concentrates here on twenty-four sites ranging from Morgantina in Sicily to Pergamon in Anatolia. Crouch is at her best when describing the physical evidence for the water systems of selected sites and when discussing the sources, ...

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