The understanding of water management can be key to the understanding of cultures. The collaboration between archaeology and water management gives rise to new and interesting insights into the function and use of hydraulic structures and water management in ancient civilizations. In this article the concept was introduced of how water supply and water demand can be compared to check especially how many people could exist in an area. This concept was developed and tested by the situation of Assyrian settlements along the Ḫābūr River with a part of the available archaeology data. Further discussions between experts on water management and archaeology could improve this concept. Displaying water management is an essential contribution to the understanding of the canal system along the Lower Ḫābūr River and its importance for the local population. Extensive research into the processing and incorporation of all available data can further refine the route of the canal. The developed concept is also an idea for other archaeology projects in arid and semi-arid regions to check if the water supply is enough for the estimated number of people.

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比较供水和用水需求——以 Ḫābūr 河下游的亚述人定居点为例，更好地理解古代水资源管理的模型*

对水资源管理的理解是理解文化的关键。考古学和水资源管理之间的合作产生了对古代文明中水利结构和水资源管理的功能和使用的新的有趣的见解。在本文中，介绍了如何比较供水和需水以检查特定区域内可能存在多少人的概念。这个概念是根据 Ḫābūr 河沿岸亚述人定居点的情况以及部分可用考古数据开发和测试的。水资源管理和考古学专家之间的进一步讨论可以改进这一概念。展示水资源管理对于了解下 Ḫābūr 河沿岸的运河系统及其对当地居民的重要性至关重要。对所有可用数据的处理和整合进行广泛研究可以进一步完善运河的路线。开发的概念也是干旱和半干旱地区其他考古项目的一个想法，以检查供水是否足以满足估计的人数。