Technology in transition : : A.D. 300-650 / / edited by Luke Lavan, Enrico Zanini and Alexander Sarantis ; with the assistance of Ine Jacobs, Dirk Booms, Bart de Graeve.

• Superior document: Late antique archaeology, v. 4
• TeilnehmendeR: Lavan, Luke.; Zanini, Enrico.; Sarantis, Alexander Constantine, 1978-
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Late antique archaeology ; v. 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (633 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book is the first general work to be published on technology in Late Antiquity. It seeks to survey aspects of the technology of the period and to respond to questions about technological continuity, stagnation and decline. The book opens with a comprehensive bibliographic essay that provides an overview of relevant literature. The main section then explores technologies in agriculture, production (metal, ceramics and glass), engineering and building. Papers draw on both archaeological and textual sources, and on analogies with medieval and early modern technologies. Reference is made not only to the periods which preceded it, but to the transition to the Early Middle Ages and to the technological heritage of Late Antiquity to the Islamic world. Several papers focus on Italy, whilst others consider North Africa, Asia Minor, and the Near-East.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Materials / L. Lavan , E. Zanini and A. Sarantis -- Technology In Late Antiquity: A Bibliographic Essay / Philip Bes -- Metal Technology In Late Antiquity: A Bibliographic Note / Nathalie Kellens -- Glass Technology In Late Antiquity: A Bibliographic Note / Veerle Lauwers -- Water Into Wine: Trade And Technology In Late Antiquity / Michael Decker -- Wine-Making After Pliny: Viticulture And Farming Technology In Late Antique Italy / Jeremy Rossiter -- Absent-Minded Landlords And Innovating Peasants? The Press In Africa And The Eastern Mediterranean / Tamara Lewit -- Ceramic Production In Africa During Late Antiquity: Continuity And Change / Michel Bonifay -- Form, Function And Technology In Pottery Production From Late Antiquity To The Early Middle Ages / Paul Arthur -- Metal Production In Late Antiquity: From Continuity Of Knowledge To Changes In Consumption / Enrico Giannichedda -- Glass In Late Antiquity: The Continuity Of Technology And Sources Of Supply / Lucia Saguí -- Glass In Late Antiquity In The Near East / Margaret O’Hea -- The Infrastructure Of A Great City: Earth, Walls And Water In Late Antique Constantinople / James Crow -- Water Technology At Gortyn In The 4th–7th C. A.D.: Transport, Storage And Distribution / Elisabetta Giorgi -- Late Antique Urban Streets At Sagalassos / Femke Martens -- Antique Engineering In The Byzantine World / Michael J. T. Lewis -- Technology And Ideas: Architects And Master-Builders In The Early Byzantine World / Enrico Zanini -- The Art Of Building In Milan During Late Antiquity:San Lorenzo Maggiore / Laura Fieni -- Public And Private Building Activity In Late Antique Rome / Riccardo Santangeli Valenzani -- Architecture And Infrastructure In The Early Medieval Village: The Case Of Tuscany / Marco Valenti -- Umayyad Building Techniques And The Merging Of Roman-Byzantine And Partho-Sassanian Traditions: Continuity And Change / Ignacio Arce -- Index / L. Lavan , E. Zanini and A. Sarantis.