The Wet and the Dry: Irrigation and Agricultural Intensification in Polynesia

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0226437493

ISBN13:9780226437491

Release Date:January 1995

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:408 Pages

Weight:1.64 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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