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Journal of Cultural Heritage 15 (2014) 656–664 Available online at ScienceDirect Original article A priori mapping of historical water-supply galleries based on archive records and sparse material remains. An application to the Amaniel qanat (Madrid, Spain) Pedro Martínez-Santos ∗ , Pedro E. Martínez-Alfaro Departamento de Geodinámica, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Engineering heritage refers to a broad variety of items of social, economic, aesthetic or historic relevance, Received 22 August 2013 including roads, dams, buildings and supply networks. Due to their utilitarian nature, their heritage value Accepted 16 December 2013 is often overlooked. This occurs even with those infrastructures that have played an essential role in Available online 7 January 2014 underpinning the daily existence of entire civilizations. Underground water-supply networks provide an excellent example. Although there are exceptions, water networks tend to be functional in design, rather Keywords: than monumental. Moreover, they present intricate linear layouts that often span several kilometres. Hydraulic heritage This means they are costly to maintain once their operational life is over, and that they are prone to Qanat abandonment and destruction. Devising a prior