Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World - POD TITLE

Zusatztext It can be said at once that this is an excellent book that will serve classicists reliably as a basic work of reference. The level of scholarship is very high, the writing generally clear, the breadth of coverage impressive. Informationen zum Autor John Peter Oleson is Distinguished Professor of Greek and Roman Studies, University of Victoria, Canada. Klappentext 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. By highlighting both the accomplishments of the ancient societies from c. 800 B.C. through c. A.D. 500 and the remaining research problems (in areas such as mining, metallurgy, agriculture, woodworking, glass production, food preparation, textile production, leather-working, roads,bridges, ships, harbors, warfare, fortification, writing, timekeeping, measurement, scientific instruments, and attitudes toward technology and innovation) this volume stimulates further progress in the history of ancient technology. Zusammenfassung 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.

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• Authors: John Peter Oleson, John Peter Oleson
• Assisted by: John Peter Oleson (Editor), John Peter (Distinguished Professor of Greek and Roman Studies Oleson (Editor), Oleson John Peter (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.02.2008
• EAN: 9780195187311
• ISBN: 978-0-19-518731-1
• No. of pages: 896
• Dimensions: 188 mm x 262 mm x 56 mm
• Series: Oxford Handbooks; Oxford Handbooks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, Ancient World, History of engineering and technology, Archaeology by period / region, History of engineering & technology, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology