Water Management in Angkor
by Collective
From "the hydraulic city" to a more sober approach on water management in Angkor.
Publication: Antiquity 82
Author: Collective
Pages: 14
Language : English
An archeological approach of the management of water resources in Angkorian times. Saving and keeping water for a growing population, a challenge that predates modern times.
This type of archeological research is paramount for a better understanding of Angkor’s social organization, the preeminence of agriculture in the Khmer Empire’s economy and the possibles causes leading to its decline and fall.
Authors: Roland Fletcher, Dan Penny, Damian Evans, Christophe Pottier, Mike Barbetti, Matti Kummu, Terry Lustig and the Department of Monuments and Archaeology at Apsara Authority.
Tags: water, demographics, history, baray, archaeology, hydrology, decline and fall, agriculture