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Irrigation, raised fields and state management: Wittfogel redux?

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Karl W. Butzer
Karl W. Butzer*
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Department of Geography, University of Texas, Austin TX 78712-1098, USA
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Antiquity , Volume 70 , Issue 267 , March 1996 , pp. 200 - 204
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1996

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