WATER, LAND & SMOKE

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A.R.R.T.IES Alhaken II

Are you ready forthe hike?

These are theplaces we are going to stop by.

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1. Castillo Maimón2. Fuente de La Palomera

3. Iron bridge4. Riverside forest

5. Olive grove6. Tributary and main stream(Barrionuevo and Pedroches)

7. Meseta blanca8. Los Velascos

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Castillo Maimón.

Together with our nextstop, this building waspart of the Aqua Nova Domitiana Augusta water main. It was builtin the Ist century, A.D.It was a castellum aquaeto store water, whichwas later delivered to the city water tanks.

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Castillo Maimón

It is 2.5 metres high, 20 metres longand 15 metres wide.

What is its approximate volume?(a) 75 m3

(b) 750 m3

(c) 7,500 m3

(d) 350 m3

If it were filled up with water, howmany litres would it take? (a) 750,000 l.(b) 750.000 l.(c) 35,000 l.(d) 7,500,000 l.

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Fuente de La Palomera

It was part of theAqva Nova Domitiana Augusta water main, originally built in the Roman times. It is a cistern or watertank with twospouts, with itscurrent constructiondating back fromthe XVIIIth century.

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Fuente de La Palomera

Water arrived in the city housesbecause there was a network of communicating vessels.

It was posible thanks to a systemof:

(a) water tanks, pipes and spouts;(b) water tanks, water towers and spouts;(c) aquaeducts, water tanks and pipes;(d) aquaeducts, water tanks and water towers.

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The iron bridge

It was opened to traffic on the 5th of September, 1873. Itwas part of the trackthat connectedCordoba and Belmez(mining area). Steamlocomotives servicedthis line. The bridge is33 metres high fromthe stream bed and ithas a span of 159 metres. It lies on twocentral piers.

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What are theparts of steam

locomotives(trains)?

Water boiler _______ Firebox ______

Chimney _______ Smokebox _______

Dome _______ Piston ______

Regulator valve _____

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Riverside forest

These banks of Pedroches havetransformed into verylush riverside forests.

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Which of the followingtrees can you identifyalong this riversideforest?

__ poplar__ elm__ arbutus__ locust tree__ hackberry__ arbutus__ fig tree__ holm oak__ pine tree__ kermes oak__ hawthorn

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This abandoned olive grove is the bestexample that peoplehave lived in thesecountry houses forages, by subsistencefarming. This plotbelonged to Cortijo Valero, with its mainbuilding just on top of the hill.

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An olive grove

The fruit of the olive tree is a small drupe.

Identify the parts of a drupe:

(1) Pit/stone/core/endocarp(2) Pulp/flesh/mesocarp(3)Rind/skin/exocarp(4)Seed inside the pit

Which other fruits are alsodrupes?

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A tributary

It is also calleda feeder. It is a stream thatfeeds anotherlarger one. Thestream on yourright isPedroches; theone on yourleft isBarrionuevo.

Meseta Blanca

This is its Southernmost tip. It goes bydifferent names: plateau, tablelandor mesa.It is a V-shapedlimestone plateausurrounded by twostreams: Pedrochesand Barrionuevo.

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If we are heading North, walking upstream, which stream is North-East and which one is North-West?

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Los Velascos

Los Velascos was the largestcountry house in the area. Itis located at 252 metres above sea level and it has a large building containing a large number of rooms, a stable (West side), an inneryard and,even, an oven. A large threshing flooroccupied the Southern partof the property. Theproduction of cereal was itsmost important labour.

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A threshing floor

It is the place wherefarmers used to separatethe grain from the cereal plant by some mechanicalmeans. The grains fell onthe ground and the rest of the plant was blown bythe wind.

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This threshing floor is about 16 metres long and 18 metres wide.

Taking into account this equivalence1m2 = 10.7ft2

What is its area?

(a) 168 ft2

(b) 1680 ft2

(c) 308.1 ft2

(d) 3081.6 ft2

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A threshing floor

Which of the following listsincludes only cereal?

(a) wheat, barley, bean and lentil;(b) wheat, oats, bean and barley;(c) wheat, barley, oat and rice;(d) wheat, rice, bean and lentil.

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