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Archaeological surveying --- Prospection archéologique --- Zimbabwe --- Antiquities --- Antiquités --- -Archaeology --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Surveying --- Methodology --- Antiquities. --- -Zimbabwe --- Prospection archéologique --- Antiquités --- Archaeology --- Archaeological surveying - Zimbabwe.

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As water availability, management and conservation become global challenges, there is now wide consensus that historical knowledge can provide crucial information to address presentcrises, offering unique opportunities to appreciate the solutions and mechanisms societies have developed over time to deal with water in allits forms, from rainfall to groundwater.This unique collection exploreshow ancient water systems relate to present ideas of resilience and sustainability and can inform future strategy.Through an investigation ofhistoric water management systems,along with theresponses to, and impact of, various water-driven catastrophes, contributors to this volume present tenable solutions for the long-term use of water resources in different parts of the world.The discussion is not limited to issues of the past, seeking instead to address the resonance and legacy of water histories in the present and future.Water and Society from Ancient Times to the Present speaks to an archaeological and non-archaeological scholarly audience and will be a useful primary reference text for researchers and graduate students from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds including archaeology, anthropology, history, ecology, geography, geology, architecture and development studies.

Water and civilization. --- Water-supply --- Water resources development --- Water-supply engineering --- Social aspects --- History. --- Social aspects --- History. --- Social aspects --- History.