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Title

Stories from a heated earth : our geothermal heritage / Raffaele Cataldi, Susan F. Hodgson, John W. Lund, editors.

Publication

Sacramento, Calif. : Geothermal Resources Council : International Geothermal Association, 1999.

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Additional Authors

• Cataldi, Raffaele.
• Hodgson, Susan F.
• Lund, John W.
• Geothermal Resources Council.
• International Geothermal Association.

Description

xviii, 569 pages : illustrations; 28 cm.

Series Statement

Special report / Geothermal Resources Council ; no. 19

Uniform Title

Special report (Geothermal Resources Council) ; no. 19.

Subject

• Geothermal resources
• Geothermal resources > Folklore
• Human beings > Effect of environment on
• Énergie géothermique
• Énergie géothermique > Folklore
• Homme > Influence de l'environnement
• geothermal power

Genre/Form

Folklore.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 568-569).

Contents

• A GLOBAL VIEW: When geothermal was still in the minds of the gods of Teotihuacan / R. Cataldi -- The year zero of geothermics / R. Cataldi -- AFRICA: From the beginning, life in the Great East African Rift / J.W. Lund -- THE MIDDLE EAST: Geothermal energy utilization in the Jordan Valley between Lake Kinneret and the Dead Sea: a view from antiquity / F. Jaffe et al. -- The Geothermal History of Anatolia, Turkey / M.E. Ozguler, A. Kasap -- SOUTHERN EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN: Geothermal energy in Ancient Greece: from mythology to late antiquity (3rd century A.D.) / M. Fytikas, G.M. Leonidopoulou, R. Cataldi -- The rolling ball of history: geothermal resources in Macedonia / K. Popovski, K. Dimitrov -- Human rapport with hypogeal waters and geothermal manifestations in Italian Prehistory / R. Grifoni Cremonesi -- From the mystery of Atlantis to the first integrated uses of geothermal energy / R. Cataldi, P.D. Burgassi -- Flowering and decline of thermal bathing and other uses of natural heat in the Mediterranean Area, from the birth of Rome to the end of the first millennium / R. Cataldi, P.D. Burgassi -- Geothermal energy in the Mediterranean before the Middle Ages, a review / R. Cataldi, P. Chiellini -- Utilization of geothermal resources in Italy from the 11th through the 16th centuries / R. Cataldi, P.D. Burgassi -- Historical outline of geothermal technology in the Larderello Region to the middle of the 20th century / P.D. Burgassi -- Four centuries of scientific investigation at Larderello, from the 16th century to the 1st International Geothermal Congress in 1928 / P.D. Burgassi, R. Cataldi, C. Donati --
• Ancient uses of geothermal waters in the Precarpathian Area of Romania and the Pannonian Basin of Hungary / I. Cohut, M. Arpasi -- A spell cast: historical aspects of thermal spring use in the Western Carpathian Region / M. Fendek, A. Rebro, M. Fendekova -- Using geothermal energy in Poland in the second millennium / J. Sokolowski, J. Sokolowska, B. Kepinska -- Using geothermal waters in france: the district heating system of Chaudes-Aigues from the Middle Ages / J. P. Gibert, F. Jaudin -- Historical aspects of geothermal utilization in Iceland / B. Fridleifsson -- Transcaucasus: one of the most ancient regions using the Earth's heat / G. Buachidze, S. Aliev, A. Ananyan -- Geothermal legends through history in Russia and the former USSR: a bridge to the past / V.B. Svalova -- ASIA AND THE WESTERN PACIFIC: A prehistoric view of the thermal springs of India / D. Chandrasekharam -- Historical aspects of geothermal waters in China / Wang Ji-yang -- Historical review of hot spring waters in the Republic of Korea / Byoung Woo Yum -- Japanese geothermal waters throughout history / M. Sekioka -- Geothermal legacy from the early Filipinos and later migrants / L. M. Ote, A.P. Alcaraz, A.C. de Jesus -- Indonesia: land of volcanoes, heart of fire / W.S. Tjetiep, A. Nasution, S.F. Hodgson -- Traditional use of geothermal resources by New Zealand Maori / C.M Severne -- THE AMERICAS: Historical impacts of geothermal resources on the people of North America / J.W. Lund -- Hot springs and fumaroles, early days at the geysers / S.F. Hodgson -- Cosmogony and uses of geothermal resources in Mesoamerica / M.C. Suarez Arriaga, R. Cataldi, S.F. Hodgson -- An overview of the historical aspects of geothermal influences in Mesoamerica / J.L. Hernandez Galdn, J. Guiza Lambarri, M.C. Suarez Arriaga -- Heat over time, geothermal stories from Mexico / S.F. Hodgson -- Andean cultures and geothermal phenomena in historical chronicles / G. Rico Calderon.

ISBN

• 0934412197
• 9780934412193

LCCN

99071835

OCLC

• ocm44741136
• 44741136
• SCSB-14298670

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries