Canal Irrigation in Prehistoric Mexico: The Sequence of Technological Change

by William E. Doolittle

Prehistoric farmers in Mexico invented irrigation, developed it into a science, and used it widely. Indeed, many of the canal systems still in use in Mexico today were originally begun well before the discovery of the New World. In this comprehensive study, William E. Doolittle synthesizes and extensively analyzes all that is currently known about the development and use of irrigation technology in prehistoric Mexico from about 1200 B.C. until...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292729537
• ISBN13: 9780292729537
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"