water management in ancient greek cities jun 1993

[...]... hydraulic engineering can have "chronology-free" validity We can confidently turn to hydraulic engineers for insight into ancient water management, since water still behaves as it always has and is to be managed as it always was For instance, modern engineers looking for locations for bridges and dams to be built anew as part of Rome's modern water system, again and again find ancient ruins of bridges... University in Munich, expert on Mycenaean waterworks in Greece; W Eck, legal scholar from Munich who works on the economics and management of Roman aqueducts; and K Grewe of the Landesmuseum in Bonn who studies ancient surveying and the Roman waterlines along the Rhine These colleagues have not only shared their information generously but also encouraged me by being truly interested in my insights into ancient. .. levels, of water system elements for further study has seemed to me a useful beginning My findings on springs and wells, channels and drains, toilets and latrines, and laundry facilities appear in the relevant chapters in sufficient detail to begin to fill in lacunae in the published data This survey indicates the importance of such elements in urban development I hope it will inspire the kind of careful... fragments of an engineering solution to the problem of water supply and drainage From the point of view of civil engineers, however, the same fragments are seen as belonging to a classical history universe to which the engineers cannot easily relate Yet since water still behaves as it always has, contemporary hydraulic engineers have much to offer in interpreting the remains of ancient water systems Clearly,... valuable dating method for archaeologists With these questions in mind, I turned from Palmyra to the water systems of ancient Greek cities This topic was suggested in 1969 by Homer Thompson He pointed out that although Roman water systems had been studied, at least after a fashion, no one had ever attempted a comprehensive study of Greek water systems Research began in 1970, investigating the published... engineer By learning the principles of hydrogeology, hydraulic behavior, and land management of waste waters, I was able to position myself at a vantage point similar to that of the ancient Greeks—understanding what happens, and what the possibilities are of controlling water' s behavior, but without the mathematical skills of the modern engineer To this conceptual engineering knowledge, I have added intense... Great Steps Morgantina, 196 Map of area of Morgantina, 202 Map of water sources Akragas, 206 Sections of four water channels Akragas, 207 Interior of Purgatorio Ipogeum Akragas, 208 Interior of catacomb Syracuse, 211 Interior of tunnel of Asklepion Corinth, 212 Reservoir in Zeus Sanctuary Akragas, 212 Farm woman doing laundry at reservoir Morgantina, 213 Latrine Morgantina, 220 Pipelines in Theater Street... Pipeline running under cobbled street Morgantina, 252 17.10 Large drain next to main street Pergamon, 252 17.11 Great Drain of the Agora Athens, 253 18.1 Map of the Acropolis, with water elements Athens, 256 18.2 Sections of three similar caves in karst terrane: the Mycenaean Fountain and Klepsydra Spring at Athens, and a collapse cave diagram, 258 18.3 Diagram explaining the origin of a salt spring,... History? Difficulties of Cross-Disciplinary Research, 10 II Modern Questions About Ancient Water Control 3 Water System Evidence of Greek Civilization, 19 4 Modern Insights About Ancient Water Management, 32 III Greek Urbanism—Data and Theories 5 Urban Patterns in the Greek Period: Athens, Paestum, Morgantina, Miletus/Priene, and Pergamon as Formal Types, 43 6 Greek Urbanization—Theoretical Issues,... often they found fragments of the missing segment just in that place, because the behavior of flowing water and the concepts for controlling it remain constant.1 3 4 Introduction Comprehensive treatment of the topic of ancient Greek water management and its close relation to the process of urbanization in the Greek world of the eighth to first centuries B.C would involve the work of many scholars To . alt="" Water Management in Ancient Greek Cities Frontispiece. Schubring's map of the waterlines of Akragas, based on his inves- tigations in the 1860s. Surface drainage is . shared their information generously but also encouraged me by being truly in- terested in my insights into ancient water management. A leader of this group is Professor Dr Ing. Henning. who deal with ancient times as to arrangements within Greek cities. Rather, it is a book about the cities themselves, considered in a new light. Looking at ancient Greek cities as places