Technology in Transition A.D. 300-650

by Lavan, Luke; Zanini, Enrico; Sarantis, Alexander; Jacobs, Ine (CON); Booms, Dirk (CON)

• ISBN13: 9789004165496
• ISBN10: 9004165495
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-30
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

This collection of papers, arising from the conference series Late Antique Archaeology, examines technology in late antiquity. Papers explore agriculture, production, engineering and building technologies, and include a bibliographic essay.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction
Explaining Technological Change: Innovation, Stagnation, Recession and Replacement	p. xv
The Transmission of Craft Techniques according to the Principles of Material Culture: Continuity and Rupture	p. xli
Bibliographic Essays
Technology in Late Antiquity: a Bibliographic Essay	p. 3
Metal Technology in Late Antiquity: a Bibliographic Note	p. 41
Glass Technology in Late Antiquity: a Bibliographic Note	p. 53
Agriculture
Water into Wine: Trade and Technology in Late Antiquity	p. 65
Wine-Making after Pliny: Viticulture and Farming Technology in Late Antique Italy	p. 93
Absent-Minded Landlords and Innovating Peasants? The Press in Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean	p. 119
Production
Ceramic Production in Africa during Late Antiquity: Continuity and Change	p. 143
Form, Function and Technology in Pottery Production from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages	p. 159
Metal Production in Late Antiquity: from Continuity of Knowledge to Changes in Consumption	p. 187
Glass in Late Antiquity: The Continuity of Technology and Sources of Supply	p. 211
Glass in Late Antiquity in The Near East	p. 233
Engineering
The Infrastructure of a Great City: Earth, Walls and Water in Late Antique Constantinople	p. 251
Water Technology at Gortyn in the 4th-7th c. A.D.: Transport, Storage and Distribution	p. 287
Late Antique Urban Streets at Sagalassos	p. 321
Antique Engineering in the Byzantine World	p. 367
Building
Technology and Ideas: Architects and Master-Builders in the Early Byzantine World	p. 381
The Art of Building in Milan during Late Antiquity: San Lorenzo Maggiore	p. 407
Public and Private Building Activity in Late Antique Rome	p. 435
Architecture and Infrastructure in the Early Medieval Village: the Case of Tuscany	p. 451
Umayyad Building Techniques and the Merging of Roman-Byzantine and Partho-Sassanian Traditions: Continuity and Change	p. 491
Index	p. 539
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