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DOI	10.1080/00934690.2016.1262188
	On the Margins: Enduring Pre-Modern Water Management Strategies In and Around the Registan Desert, Afghanistan
	Thomas, David C.; Kidd, Fiona J.
通讯作者	Thomas, DC (corresponding author), La Trobe Univ, Dept Archaeol & Hist, Melbourne, Vic 3086, Australia.
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY
ISSN	0093-4690
EISSN	2042-4582
出版年	2017
卷号	42 期号:1 页码:29-42
英文摘要	The Registan Desert in southern Afghanistan has, like most deserts, traditionally been regarded as a barren, hostile space, devoid of human occupation other than occasional nomad campsites and an isolated 11th-century A.D. fortress. Detailed analysis of a strip of high resolution satellite imagery available through Google Earth and stretching into the Registan has revealed the presence of over 800 hitherto unrecorded archaeological sites. Many of these sites relate to water management, and predate the modern era. The water installations form networks of sites which facilitated the opportunistic exploitation of grazing following periodic rains, desert farming, travel, trade and exchange over hundreds of years, if not longer. Extrapolating from this detailed analysis, we argue that thousands of other sites have yet to be discovered in the Registan. These water management networks warrant further study in the field and protection from neglect, construction, recreational four-wheel driving, and looting.
英文关键词	Afghanistan Google Earth water Registan pastoral nomads
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000396675200003
WOS关键词	STEPPE ; PASTORALISTS ; ARCHAEOLOGY ; SETTLEMENT ; HISTORY ; ORIGIN ; QANATS ; WAR
WOS类目	Archaeology
WOS研究方向	Archaeology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/361712
作者单位	[Thomas, David C.] La Trobe Univ, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; [Kidd, Fiona J.] New York Univ Abu Dhabi, Hist & Art & Art Hist, Abu Dhabi, U Arab Emirates
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Thomas, David C.,Kidd, Fiona J.. On the Margins: Enduring Pre-Modern Water Management Strategies In and Around the Registan Desert, Afghanistan[J],2017,42(1):29-42.
APA	Thomas, David C.,&Kidd, Fiona J..(2017).On the Margins: Enduring Pre-Modern Water Management Strategies In and Around the Registan Desert, Afghanistan.JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY,42(1),29-42.
MLA	Thomas, David C.,et al."On the Margins: Enduring Pre-Modern Water Management Strategies In and Around the Registan Desert, Afghanistan".JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY 42.1(2017):29-42.