Sustaining Abundance: The Role of the Divine River in the Economy of Ancient Persia
A comparison of archaeological survey and ethnography with the Zoroastrian textual corpus reveals the cultural and economic dimensions of an ancient water management system in northern Persia (southern Iran). The results highlight how humanity’s destructive impact on nature is ubiquitous, yet not al...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
[2020]
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Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Year: 2020, Volume: 14, Issue: 4, Pages: 450-479 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Iran (Antiquity)
/ Irrigation engineering
/ Sustainable development
/ Zoroastrianism
/ River
/ Sacralization
/ Water
/ Ritual
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| RelBib Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion KBL Near East and North Africa KBM Asia |
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Political Economy
B ancient Persia B Sustainability B Zoroastrianism B water rituals B divine river |
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