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ULVS XII: The Infill Sequence and Water-carrying Capacity of an Ancient Irrigation Channel, Wadi Gobbeen, Tripolitania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

S. J. Gale ,
D. D. Gilbertson  and
C. O. Hunt
S. J. Gale
Affiliation:
CCAT, Cambridge
D. D. Gilbertson
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield
C. O. Hunt
Affiliation:
Creswell Crags Visitor Centre, Worksop, Notts
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Abstract

Sediments of ?Pleistocene and Holocene age infilling an ancient irrigation channel adjacent to the Wadi Gobbeen in Tripolitania are described. The irrigation channel is part of a Romano-Libyan floodwater-farming system. Techniques for estimating the hydrological characteristics of floodwater-farming systems are applied to the irrigation channel to provide an indication of the water-carrying capacity of ancient floodwater-farming systems in the Libyan pre-desert.

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Libyan Studies , Volume 17 , 1986 , pp. 1 - 5
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Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 1986

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