The origins of the qanat (irrigation and stone work that channels water over a sum distance towords gardens) first utilized as a technique is dated to be in the first or second millennium B.C. from northern Elburz and Armenia and first adopted by Tehran and Qazwin (Wilkinson 1977:73-76). The first major spread of the qanats was associated with the Achaemanids, who used them extensively to colonize new land throughout their empire. This essay argues that irrigation systems are not only inland objects for farming areas, but also coastal systems and viable objects of research for maritime archaeology. To conclude, the elements of this essay are brought together in a concluding discussion along with a brief comment on further potential for irrigation systems in maritime archaeology. popular-archaeology/issue/june-2011/article/conversations-with-irrigation-systems-an-analysis-of-the-archaeological-potential-of-irrigation-systems
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