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The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World

John Peter Oleson

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Description:Nearly all aspects of daily life in the Mediterranean world & Europe during the florescence of the Greek & Roman cultures is relevant to engineering & technology topics. This volume highlights both the accomplishments of the ancient societies & remaining research problems to stimulate progress in the history of technology. The subject of the book is the technological framework of Greek & Roman cultures c.800 BC to c.AD 500 in the Mediterranean world & N. Europe. Each chapter discusses a technology or family of technologies from an analytical rather than descriptive point of view, providing a critical summation of present knowledge of the Greek & Roman accomplishments in the technology concerned & the evolution of their technical capabilities. Each presentation reviews the issues & recent contributions, defining the capacities & accomplishments of the technology in the context of the society using it, the available "technological shelf" & the resources consumed. These studies introduce & synthesize the results of excavation or specialized study. The chapters are organized in sections progressing from sources (written & representational) to primary (e.g., mining, metallurgy, agriculture) & 2ndary (e.g., woodworking, glass production, food preparation, textile production & leather-working) production, to technologies of social organization & interaction (e.g., roads, bridges, ships, harbors, warfare & fortification), & finally to studies of general social issues (e.g., writing, timekeeping, measurement, scientific instruments, attitudes toward technology & innovation) & the relevance of ethnographic methods to the study of classical technology. The breadth & depth of this volume make it the definitive reference work for students & academics across the spectrum of classical studies.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World. To get started finding The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Nearly all aspects of daily life in the Mediterranean world & Europe during the florescence of the Greek & Roman cultures is relevant to engineering & technology topics. This volume highlights both the accomplishments of the ancient societies & remaining research problems to stimulate progress in the history of technology. The subject of the book is the technological framework of Greek & Roman cultures c.800 BC to c.AD 500 in the Mediterranean world & N. Europe. Each chapter discusses a technology or family of technologies from an analytical rather than descriptive point of view, providing a critical summation of present knowledge of the Greek & Roman accomplishments in the technology concerned & the evolution of their technical capabilities. Each presentation reviews the issues & recent contributions, defining the capacities & accomplishments of the technology in the context of the society using it, the available "technological shelf" & the resources consumed. These studies introduce & synthesize the results of excavation or specialized study. The chapters are organized in sections progressing from sources (written & representational) to primary (e.g., mining, metallurgy, agriculture) & 2ndary (e.g., woodworking, glass production, food preparation, textile production & leather-working) production, to technologies of social organization & interaction (e.g., roads, bridges, ships, harbors, warfare & fortification), & finally to studies of general social issues (e.g., writing, timekeeping, measurement, scientific instruments, attitudes toward technology & innovation) & the relevance of ethnographic methods to the study of classical technology. The breadth & depth of this volume make it the definitive reference work for students & academics across the spectrum of classical studies.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World. To get started finding The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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