Technology in transition : A.D. 300-650

Weitere Verfasser: Lavan, Luke , [HerausgeberIn]
Zanini, Enrico , [HerausgeberIn]
Sarantis, Alexander Constantine, 1978- , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Leiden : Brill, 2007.
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (lx, 572 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Schriftenreihe: Late antique archaeology v. 4.
Schlagworte:
Parallelausgabe: Technology in transition. (Print version:) | ISSN: 9789004165496
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 1 Datensätze
Online Zugang: Available online
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.