Methods for assessing stormwater management at archaeological sites: Copan Ruins case study

Endreny, Theodore A.; Diemont, Stewart A.W.

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2012.04.022

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“…Given that storm water rapidly destroys the earthen structures (Endreny, Diemont, 2012), the need of water risk management and risk strategy in such monuments is increasingly needed. Also, conservation measures require re-evaluation due to climate change.…”

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Water-Risk Management in Tchogha Zanbil World Heritage Site in Iran, With a Focus on the Ancient Management System

Nakhaei¹,

Correia

2020

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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Abstract. Water-risk management is one of the most challenging issues in the conservation of earthen sites, because of the inherent weakness of earth to moisture, and also the severe damage after rainfall as a result of a combination of many factors in the deterioration processes. In Tchogha Zanbil World Heritage Site (WHS) in Iran, this problem causes more damage due to the heavy rains that impact the site in a short period of time. The property encompasses a vast area, which makes regular maintenance more difficult. Also, there are insufficient strategies for controlling water runoff on the structures. Archaeological studies have revealed an ancient system for managing surface water at this site which could be compatible and adaptable for further development of the current management system. This study aims to present sustainable approaches in managing water-risk in the Tchogha Zanbil WHS, by identifying the authenticity values, investigating the problems and challenges in the current water-management system, and more importantly, assessing ancient strategies for controlling water, based on archaeological evidence.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Water-Risk Management in Tchogha Zanbil World Heritage Site in Iran, With a Focus on the Ancient Management System

Nakhaei¹,

Correia

2020

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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“…These reconstruction efforts in climate sciences provide a template for an effort in hydrologic reconstruction, which might be anticipated to provide the same benefits to hydrologists analyzing changing systems: namely (i) the generation of baseline data against which to evaluate contemporary changes; (ii) analysis of natural variability and longterm cycles affecting hydrological systems (Markonis and Koutsoyiannis, 2013;Montanari, 2012); (iii) investigation of hydrological influence on human societies in historical contexts (Brown, 2009;Endreny and Diemont, 2012;; (iv) evaluation of the nature and magnitude of changes that have been imposed on basins over pre-historical and historical timescales, and assessment of the sensitivity and response of hydrological systems to these changes; and (v) generation of data sets against which to evaluate and improve models of hydrological systems over timescales that exceed the length of the instrumented record.…”

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Developing predictive insight into changing water systems: use-inspired hydrologic science for the Anthropocene

Thompson

Sivapalan

Harman

et al. 2013

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract.Globally, many different kinds of water resources management issues call for policy-and infrastructure-based responses. Yet responsible decision-making about water resources management raises a fundamental challenge for hydrologists: making predictions about water resources on decadal-to century-long timescales. Obtaining insight into hydrologic futures over 100 yr timescales forces researchers to address internal and exogenous changes in the properties of hydrologic systems. To do this, new hydrologic research must identify, describe and model feedbacks between water and other changing, coupled environmental subsystems. These models must be constrained to yield useful insights, despite the many likely sources of uncertainty in their predictions. Chief among these uncertainties are the impacts of the increasing role of human intervention in the global water cycle -a defining challenge for hydrology in the Anthropocene. Here we present a research agenda that proposes a suite of strategies to address these challenges from the perspectives of hydrologic science research. The research agenda focuses on the development of co-evolutionary hydrologic modeling to explore coupling across systems, and to address the implications of this coupling on the long-time behavior of the coupled systems. Three research directions support the development of these models: hydrologic reconstruction, comparative hydrology and model-data learning. These strategies focus on understanding hydrologic processes and feedbacks over long timescales, across many locations, and through strategic coupling of observational and model data in specific systems. We highlight the value of use-inspired and team-based science that is motivated by real-world hydrologic problems but targets improvements in fundamental understanding to support decision-making and management. Fully realizing the potential of this approach will ultimately require detailed integration of social science and physical science understanding of water systems, and is a priority for the developing field of sociohydrology.

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Microbial diversity of archaeological ruins of Liangzhu City and its correlation with environmental factors

Wang

Huang²,

Han³

et al. 2022

International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation

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Methods for assessing stormwater management at archaeological sites: Copan Ruins case study

Cited by 4 publications

References 23 publications

Water-Risk Management in Tchogha Zanbil World Heritage Site in Iran, With a Focus on the Ancient Management System

Water-Risk Management in Tchogha Zanbil World Heritage Site in Iran, With a Focus on the Ancient Management System

Developing predictive insight into changing water systems: use-inspired hydrologic science for the Anthropocene

Microbial diversity of archaeological ruins of Liangzhu City and its correlation with environmental factors

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