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DTSTAMP:20260417T100430Z
CREATED:20171012T135913Z
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SUMMARY:Water in Sumer
DTSTART:20170926T220000Z
DTEND:20170926T233000Z
DESCRIPTION:Ancient water management\, especially for irrigation purpo
 ses\, has featured prominently in anthropological theories on the deve
 lopment of socio-political and economic complexity. Traditional approa
 ches have assumed that centralized control was needed to meet the mana
 gerial requirements of water control on a large scale. However\, recen
 t ethnographic and archaeological studies have shown that centralized 
 control is a choice rather than a necessity. To date\, there has been 
 no empirical study on the exact nature of state control (if any) in th
 e organization of ancient water control and irrigation due to the lack
  of empirical data.
LOCATION:ISAW Lecture Hall
CONTACT:isaw@nyu.edu
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