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The Wet and the Dry

Irrigation and Agricultural Intensification in Polynesia

The Wet and the Dry( )
Author: Kirch, Patrick Vinton
ISBN:978-0-226-43749-1
Publication Date:Jan 1994
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $185.00
Book Description:

Scholars and researchers have long believed that the ability to irrigate is crucial to the development of civilizations. In this book, archaeologist Patrick Kirch challenges this "hydraulic hypothesis" and provides a more accurate and detailed account of the role of "wet" and "dry" cultivation systems in the development of complex sociopolitical structures. Examining research on cultural adaptation and ecology in Western Polynesia and utilizing extensive data from a...
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