Technology in Transition: A.D. 300-650This book is the first general work to be published on technology in Late Antiquity. It seeks to survey aspects of the technology of the period and to respond to questions about technological continuity, stagnation and decline. The book opens with a comprehensive bibliographic essay that provides an overview of relevant literature. The main section then explores technologies in agriculture, production (metal, ceramics and glass), engineering and building. Papers draw on both archaeological and textual sources, and on analogies with medieval and early modern technologies. Reference is made not only to the periods which preceded it, but to the transition to the Early Middle Ages and to the technological heritage of Late Antiquity to the Islamic world. Several papers focus on Italy, whilst others consider North Africa, Asia Minor, and the Near-East. |
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Table des matières
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Trade and Technology in Late Antiquity | 65 |
Viticulture and Farming Technology in Late Antique Italy | 93 |
AbsentMinded Landlords and Innovating Peasants? The Press in Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean | 119 |
Glass in Late Antiquity in The Near East | 233 |
Earth Walls and Water in Late Antique Constantinople | 251 |
Transport Storage and Distribution | 287 |
Late Antique Urban Streets at Sagalassos | 321 |
Antique Engineering in the Byzantine World | 367 |
Architects and MasterBuilders in the Early Byzantine World | 381 |
San Lorenzo Maggiore | 407 |
Public and Private Building Activity in Late Antique Rome | 435 |
Continuity and Change | 143 |
Form Function and Technology in Pottery Production from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages | 159 |
from Continuity of Knowledge to Changes in Consumption | 187 |
The Continuity of Technology and Sources of Supply | 211 |
the Case of Tuscany | 451 |
Continuity and Change | 491 |
Index | 539 |
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Technology in Transition A.D. 300-650 Luke Lavan,Enrico Zanini,Alexander Sarantis Aperçu limité - 2008 |
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