| Description |
1 online resource (lx, 572 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Late antique archaeology, 1570-6893 ; v. 4 |
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Late antique archaeology ; v. 4.
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| Contents |
Explaining technological change: innovation, stagnation, recession and replacement -- The transmission of craft techniques according to the principles of material culture: continuity and rupture -- Technology in Late Antiquity: a bibliographic essay -- Metal technology in Late Antiquity: a bibliographic note -- Glass technology in Late Antiquity: a bibliographic note -- Water into wine: trade and technology in Late Antiquity -- Wine-making after Pliny: viticulture and farming technology in Late Antiquity Italy -- Absent-minded landlords and innovating peasants? The press in Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean -- Ceramic production in Africa during Late Antiquity: continuity and change -- Form, function and technology in pottery production from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages -- Metal production in Late Antiquity: from continuity of knowledge to changes in consumption -- Glass in Late Antiquity: the continuity of technology and sources of supply -- Glass in Late Antiquity in The Near East -- The infrastructue of a great city: earth, walls and water in Late Antique Constantinople -- Water technology at Gortyn in the 4th-7th c. A.D.: transport, storage and distribution -- Late Antique urban streets at Sagalassos -- Antique engineering in the Byzantine world -- Technology and ideas: architects and master-builgers in the Early Byzantine world -- The art of building in Milan during Late Antiquity: San Lorenzo Maggiore -- Public and private building activity in Late Antique Rome -- Architecture and infrastructure in the Early Medieval village: the case of Tuscany -- Umayyad building techniques and the merging of Roman-Byzantine and Partho-Sassanian traditions: continuity and change |
| Summary |
A book on technology in Late Antiquity. It surveys aspects of the technology of the period and to respond to questions about technological continuity, stagnation and decline |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Technology -- Mediterranean Region -- History
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- History.
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Antiquities
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Technology
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| SUBJECT |
Mediterranean Region -- Antiquities
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Mediterranean Region -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98005732
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| Subject |
Mediterranean Region
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lavan, Luke
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Zanini, Enrico
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Sarantis, Alexander Constantine, 1978-
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| LC no. |
2008006280 |
| ISBN |
9789047433040 |
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9047433041 |
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