Year: 2016, 2016
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This thesis investigates the organization and development of water management systems in a sample of past tropical societies in Southeast Asia and Mesoamerica. A comparative approach is employed to show how water management affected the trajectories of the ancient states of Angkor, Cambodia, Bagan, Myanmar, Sukhothai, Thailand, Central and East Java, and Caracol, Belize. Differing types… more Full Text: WATER MANAGEMENT AMONGST THE ANCIENT STATES OF CAMBODIA, MYANMAR, THAILAND, JAVA AND BELIZE: A STUDY IN ENTANGLEMENT AND RESILIENCY A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master …