| Description |
1 online resource (lx, 572 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Late antique archaeology,
1570-6893 ;
v. 4
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Late antique archaeology ; v. 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Technology -- Mediterranean Region -- History.
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Technology. |
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Mediterranean Region. |
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History. |
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Mediterranean Region -- Antiquities.
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Antiquities. |
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Mediterranean Region -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Lavan, Luke.
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Zanini, Enrico.
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Sarantis, Alexander Constantine, 1978-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Technology in transition. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 9789004165496 (DLC) 2008006280 (OCoLC)183266521 |
| ISBN |
9789047433040 (electronic book) |
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9047433041 (electronic book) |
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9789004165496 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004165495 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004165496.i-573 |
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