The coastal lowlands in East China are very sensitive to climate change and marine
disasters, and much large-scale hydraulic engineering was recorded in the historical …

Patterns of river modification since settler invasion of southern Australia are the product of a
specific set of deep-seated and implicit cultural values concerning the purpose and function …

The last two decades witnessed increasing scholarly interest in the history of water
management in southern Mesopotamia. Thanks to many geoarchaeological research …

Traditional models of interaction in northern Sudan have innate Egyptological, elite, and
urban biases which have relegated certain areas to mere peripheries of more …

This paper aims to contribute new data to understanding early Predynastic settlement
patterns in Egypt at the beginning of the state formation process in the 4th millennium bce. It …

The implementation of saqia water-wheel irrigation in ancient Nubia allowed for an
expansion of cultivatable land and is considered a primary factor behind the settlement …

Abstract Pharaonic Egypt ruled Upper Nubia (now northern Sudan) from around 1450 to
1070 bce: previous research has demonstrated how co-opted local elites and descendants …