Qanat

"A rich and detailed exploration of Qanats, the remarkably engineered ancient underground aqueducts, which includes worldwide examples from the Middle East, North Africa, Mediterranean, Central Asia, China, India, Southwest USA, Central America and South America"--

Dale R. Lightfoot is an American geographer, academic and researcher. He is Professor Emeritus of Geography and a former Fulbright Program Advisor at Oklahoma State University.

Preface Acknowledgements The Tradition and Global Diffusion of Qanats Chapter 1: Form and Function of Qanats Chapter 2: Construction and Distribution of Qanats Chapter 3: Origins and Global History of Qanats The Regional Geography of Qanats Chapter 4: Iran: The Mother Lode Chapter 5: Central and South Asia Chapter 6: Eastward Passages: China, Korea, Japan Chapter 7: The Arabian Peninsula Chapter 8: Iraq Chapter 9: Turkey and the Caucasus Chapter 10: Syria and the Levant Chapter 11: North Africa Chapter 12: The Qanats of Europe Chapter 13: The Chain Wells of Cyprus Chapter 14: Underground Aqueducts in the Canary Islands Chapter 15: To the New World Completing the Story and the View Ahead Chapter 16: Refining the Picture: Dating and Visualizing Qanats Chapter 17: The Restoration and Future of Qanats Notes References