https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/23819 2026-04-29T07:10:21Z 2026-04-29T07:10:21Z Bouffier, Sophie Dumas, Vincent Lenhardt, Philippe Paillet, Jean-Louis https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/23839 2020-01-27T18:30:12Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

HYDROSYRA Project Bouffier, Sophie; Dumas, Vincent; Lenhardt, Philippe; Paillet, Jean-Louis Since 2012, the Centre Camille Jullian team carries out an interdisciplinary study of the aqueduct Galermi, architectural work and hydraulic engineering of about 30 km long. This aqueduct, built between the 5th century BC and the Roman Empire, first supplied drinking water to Greek and/or Roman Syracuse. In the 16th–17th centuries, partial transformations have been done and changed the function of the channel, with the installation of flour mills. In the 19th century, the new Italian state gradually expropriated immediate neighbors who exploited abusively the aqueduct. It was then devoted only to irrigate the Syracusan territory according to a system of concessions that has almost remained unchanged since the 19th century. The paper will present this program and the last results that the team obtained in the last two years, particularly about intakes of water and underground galleries, and which chronology can be proposed.

2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Isselhorst, Sarah Berking, Jonas Schütt, Brigitta https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/23837 2020-01-27T18:30:11Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

Irrigation Communities and Agricultural Water Management in Andalusia Isselhorst, Sarah; Berking, Jonas; Schütt, Brigitta A freely available data set about Andalusian irrigation communities was comprehensively analyzed and combined with a local time series of precipitation and temperature data and put into historical context. Andalusia’s annual precipitation lies between 150 and 1000 mm*yr−1. Due to the high seasonal and inter-annual variability of precipitation, irrigation measures are a necessity to enable intensive cultivation. The largely prevailing water scarcities are one likely reason for the evolution and continuation of water cooperations practicing irrigation strategies that have probably existed since Roman times, certainly since Islamic times. This study gives an overview of water management practices in Andalusia and highlights the Vega of Vélez Blanco (NE Andalusia), as a case study.

2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Maganzani, Lauretta https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/23833 2020-01-27T18:30:10Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

Irrigation Communities in the Roman World Through Epigraphic Sources and Justinian’s Digest Maganzani, Lauretta This paper deals with local irrigation systems organized by villages and communities that existed in the Roman world. It will examine some epigraphic and literary texts and relevant jurisprudential sources belonging to Justinian’s Digest on this topic. In all these cases, the need for joint water use led to the development of at least initial forms of ‘associations’among so called rivales. These ‘associations’ dealt with different matters such as: a) the distribution of water; b) the regulation of the hydraulic work, such as digging and maintenance; and c) the arbitration of possible disputes between users. For their part, the juridical texts provide a good insight into the ‘legal status’ of these communities, namely how internal relationships between rivales were considered.

2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Schrakamp, Ingo https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/23835 2020-01-27T18:30:09Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

Irrigation in 3rd Millennium Southern Mesopotamia Schrakamp, Ingo Southern Mesopotamia was essentially agrarian and depended on artificial irrigation. The earliest cuneiform evidence for fully-developed irrigation networks stems from royal inscriptions and archival records from a temple archive from the city-state of Lagas, ca. 2475– 2315 BC. These sources testify to a four-level irrigation network, probably established upon the unification of the state by Urnanse and Eanatum. From the river, water flowed to primary canals with regulators, and from there branched off to secondary canals. Distributors regulated the water flow to the fields. The construction of primary canals and regulators was conducted by the ruler who drew on the corvée troops of the temples. The temples maintained the lower-level irrigation structures, such as the distributors and dikes in their fields.

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