RT Journal Article
T1 Comparative Analysis of Water Extraction Mechanism in Roman Mines
A1 Fortes Garrido, Juan Carlos
A1 Rodríguez Pérez, Ángel Mariano
A1 Hernández Torres, José Antonio
A1 Caparrós Mancera, Julio José
A1 Dávila Martín, José Miguel
A1 Castilla Gutiérrez, Javier
AB The removal of water from mines was one of the key issues that former miners had to deal with. Roman colonists brought new technology to the Iberian Peninsula that addressed this problem. However, they did not invent this technology because it had already been applied to the growth of other endeavours in the Hellenistic society throughout the Eastern Mediterranean. In the mine, the Archimedes screw, waterwheels, bucket pulleys, and Ctesibius pumps were the primary drainage systems. In this essay, the primary characteristics, and modes of operation of machines are examined. Without leaving out the most significant finds made in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula, one of the regions with the longest history of mining exploitation. To serve as a foundation for future research in this field, this work compares the primary mining mechanisms in ancient Huelva on a qualitative and quantitative level by the implementation of a TOPSIS methodology, a multi-criteria decision analysis method. 
PB Springer
SN 1233-1821
SN 1572-8471 (electrónico)
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/21407
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/21407
LA eng
NO Fortes-Garrido, J. C., Rodríguez-Pérez, A. M., Hernández-Torres, J. A., Caparrós-Mancera, J. J., Dávila-Martín, J. M., & Castilla-Gutiérrez, J. (2023). Comparative Analysis of Water Extraction Mechanism in Roman Mines. In Foundations of Science. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-022-09891-9
NO Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Huelva / CBUA. Funding of the work: Master en Ingeniería del Mantenimiento Industrial (ETSI-UHU)
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 13 jun 2026