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Document Details : Title: Urban Water Reservoirs in the Land of the Bible during the Bronze and Iron Ages (3000 BC - 586 BC) Author(s): TSUK, Tsvika Journal: ARAM Periodical Volume: 14 Date: 2001-2002 Pages: 377-401 DOI: 10.2143/ARAM.14.0.504509 Abstract : Each fortified city built during the Bronze and Iron Ages had its own water supply system, which was part of the planning and execution during the building of the city. It can be said that a fortified city could not exist for long without such a perennial water supply system within its walls. In the article the author surveys the urban water reservoirs systems by their epochs, their types and their typology. Even though our information about reservoirs in the Bronze Age is very limited, it is possible to imagine the development from open reservoirs in the Early Bronze Age, covered with clay and fed by rain water, to fully plastered underground reservoirs in Iron Age 2. |
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