Nearly every aspect of daily life in the Mediterranean world and Europe during the florescence of the Greek and Roman cultures is relevant to the topics of engineering and technology. This volume highlights both the accomplishments of the ancient societies and the remaining research problems, and stimulates further progress in the history of ancient technology.
Nearly every aspect of daily life in the Mediterranean world and Europe during the florescence of the Greek and Roman cultures is relevant to the topics of engineering and technology. This volume highlights both the accomplishments of the ancient societies and the remaining research problems, and stimulates further progress in the history of ancient technology.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
John Peter Oleson is Distinguished Professor of Greek and Roman Studies, University of Victoria, Canada.
Inhaltsangabe
* Contributors Abbreviations and Spelling Norms Introduction * Part I Sources - 1- Ancient Written Sources from Engineering and Technology 2- Representations of Technical Processes 3- Historiography and Theoretical Approaches * Part II Primary Extractive Technologies - 4- Mining and Metallurgy 5- Quarrying and Stoneworking 6- Sources of Energy and Exploitation of Power 7- Greek and Roman Agriculture 8- Animal Husbandry Hunting Fishing and Fish Production * Part III Engineering and Complex Machines - 9- Greek Engineering and Construction 10- Roman Engineering and Construction 11- Hydraulic Engineering and Water Supply 12- Tunnels and Canals 13- Machines in Greek and Roman Technology * Part IV Secondary Processes and Manufacturing 14- Food Processing and Preparation 15- Large-Scale Manufacturing Standardization and Trade 16- Metalworking and Tools 17- Woodworking 18- Textile Production 19- Tanning and Leather 20- Ceramic Production 21- Glass Production * Part V Technologies of Movement and Transport - 22- Land Transport Part 1 23- Land Transport Part 2 24- Sea Transport Part 1 25- Sea Transport Part 2 * Part VI Technologies of Death - 26- Greek Warfare and Fortification 27- Roman Warfare and Fortification * Part VII Technologies of the Mind - 28- Information Technologies 29- Timekeeping 30- Technologies of Calculation 31- Gadgets and Scientific Instruments 32- Inventors Invention and Attitudes toward Innovation * Part VIII Ancient Technologies in the Modern World 33- Expanding Ethnoarchaeology Index
* Contributors Abbreviations and Spelling Norms Introduction * Part I Sources - 1- Ancient Written Sources from Engineering and Technology 2- Representations of Technical Processes 3- Historiography and Theoretical Approaches * Part II Primary Extractive Technologies - 4- Mining and Metallurgy 5- Quarrying and Stoneworking 6- Sources of Energy and Exploitation of Power 7- Greek and Roman Agriculture 8- Animal Husbandry Hunting Fishing and Fish Production * Part III Engineering and Complex Machines - 9- Greek Engineering and Construction 10- Roman Engineering and Construction 11- Hydraulic Engineering and Water Supply 12- Tunnels and Canals 13- Machines in Greek and Roman Technology * Part IV Secondary Processes and Manufacturing 14- Food Processing and Preparation 15- Large-Scale Manufacturing Standardization and Trade 16- Metalworking and Tools 17- Woodworking 18- Textile Production 19- Tanning and Leather 20- Ceramic Production 21- Glass Production * Part V Technologies of Movement and Transport - 22- Land Transport Part 1 23- Land Transport Part 2 24- Sea Transport Part 1 25- Sea Transport Part 2 * Part VI Technologies of Death - 26- Greek Warfare and Fortification 27- Roman Warfare and Fortification * Part VII Technologies of the Mind - 28- Information Technologies 29- Timekeeping 30- Technologies of Calculation 31- Gadgets and Scientific Instruments 32- Inventors Invention and Attitudes toward Innovation * Part VIII Ancient Technologies in the Modern World 33- Expanding Ethnoarchaeology Index
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