Binary oppositions, water management (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Rachael Lane. Sarah Lane. Ruby Kerwin.

Archaeology has the unique ability to observe how past societies’ water systems were organized and managed. Indigenous approaches to water management in pre-colonialist societies, in both a conceptual and practical sense, often differed largely from those of their colonizers. Through three case studies, we evaluate and contrast indigenous relationships with water and those imposed by colonial powers. These case studies include the draining of lake of Texcoco by the Spanish in modern day Mexico...