We have dug deep into architectural history and unearthed a treasure trove of scenery and buildings for our Mesoamerican collection, amongst these is the Water Screw. Although such a contraption never existed in its entirety, we have taken poetic license and assembled this could be marvel of technology and art.
Ancient cultures met their match when they became a victim of their social success, overpopulation. Ancient cities would soon become crowded cesspools which would invite death and disease. They would soon learn that the control of water and sanitary hygienic conditions were the only ways to maintain a high saturation of people living tohether in one concentrated area. To this effect complex systems of water works, canals and sewage were invented and applied to great success. Amongst the most notable are the Romans and Arabian cultures, but yet, other cultures in the Asian and American continents came up with similar systems to rival these inventions, which in some cases even surpassed these better known cultures.
We have put together a water works system of printable tiles that will allow modelers to compose sophisticated dioramas and scenery. These include The Water Screw model which is a 'Da`Vincian' like conceptual contraption which circulated the water ways and a ground and raised aqueduct system.
The Water Screw is part of our Mesoamerican collection.
