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	Título: Precolumbian Water Management: Ideology, Ritual, And Power
	Autor: Lucero, Lisa Joyce; Fash, Barbara W. (Eds.)	Precio: $880.00
	Editorial: University Of Arizona	Año: 2006
	Tema: Arqueologia	Edición: 1ª
	Sinopsis	ISBN: 9780816523146
	Among ancient Mesoamerican and Southwestern peoples, water was as essential as maize for sustenance and was a driving force in the development of complex society. Control of water shaped the political, economic, and religious landscape of the ancient Americas, yet it is often overlooked in Precolumbian studies. Now one volume offers the latest thinking on water systems and their place within the ancient physical and mental language of the region. Precolumbian Water Management examines water management from both economic and symbolic perspectives. Water management facilities, settlement patterns, shrines, and water-related imagery associated with civic-ceremonial and residential architecture provide evidence that water systems pervade all aspects of ancient society. Through analysis of such data, the contributors seek to combine an understanding of imagery and the religious aspects of water with its functional components, thereby presenting a unified perspective of how water was conceived, used, and represented in ancient greater Mesoamerica. The collection boasts broad chronological and geographical coverage_from the irrigation networks of Teotihuacan to the use of ritual water technology at Casas Grandes_that shows how procurement and storage systems were adapted to local conditions.

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