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Ancient Water Supply and Management Systems in the Western Mediterranean brings together a wide range of approaches dealing with the connection between settlements and water from the Iron Age to the Late Antique period. It focuses on different infrastructures built to collect and control water from various sources: groundwater, rainwater and surface water. Vital to both human survival and a plethora of crafts and social activities, ensuring a steady supply of quality water was paramount to any settlement in Antiquity. Conversely, an excess of water also entailed drawbacks and, eventually, dangers, leading to the creation of drainage systems. Some of these systems were designed at the same time as the settlements themselves, whilst others are the result of needs that evolved over time. Collectively, these structures aimed to harness naturally occurring waters and greatly transformed the landscape. The contributions that make up this volume, coming from Portugal, Spain, France and Italy, include spatial and territorial studies, and site and question-specific case studies aiming at a broader understanding of the transformative effect and relationship these settlements had with this natural resource. The features under investigation include urban water distribution and drainage systems, aqueducts, wells, cisterns and dams, alongside broader considerations on religious and operational dimensions of these infrastructures.
Contents
Introduction. Water Management in Roman Times: Continuity and Variability in Archaeological Studies - María del Mar Castro García
Water Usage at Mirobriga (Castelo Velho de Santiago do Cacém, Portugal). An Overview of the Structures of Water Supply and Distribution - Catarina Felício
Water Management in Calduba (Sierra Aznar, Arcos de la Frontera, Cádiz): A Terraced System for the Recreation of a Locus Amoenus? - Isabel Rondán-Sevilla, José Antonio Calvillo Ardila and Lázaro G. Lagóstena Barrios
Erogationes in the San Lázaro Aqueduct, Mérida? The 'House of the Amphitheatre' Example - Macarena Bustamante-Álvarez, Elena H. Sánchez López and Ana M. Bejarano Osorio
Monumental Fountains with Staircases at the End of the Iron Age in Southern Gaul - Sandrine Agusta-Boularot, Marc Bouiron, Grégory Vacassy and Ghislain Vincent
Water Management in a Roman Settlement at the Foot of the Alps: The Waterworks of Augusta Taurinorum - Davide Gangale Risoleo and Stefania Ratto
Water and the City of Veii: A Link between Mythology, Religion, Archaeology, and History - Ugo Fusco
The Underground Structures of the Theatre in Ostia: A Preliminary Study on the Sewerage System - Katerina Gottardo
The Villa Under the Lakes. Water Management of Nero's Villa in Subiaco, Rome - Fabiana Tozzi
Late Antique Transformations in Water Provision, Management and Distribution in the Thermal Bath Archaeological Park of Baiae (Bacoli, Naples) - Gioconda Di Luca
Analysing the Water Supply to Roman Artisanal and Commercial Facilities: Pompeii as a Case Study - Elena H. Sánchez López
Rainwater Collection and Storage in the Pompeian House: Slaves at Work - Gemma Jansen
Abellinum and its Water Distribution System: New Evidence for a Wider Comprehension of the Hydraulic Infrastructures - Marina Covolan and Daniela Musmeci
'Domesticating Water': Some Conclusions on Water Infrastructure in the Ancient World - Jesús Acero Pérez
