Society and technology in antiquity: the literary sources on ancient technology; archaeology as a source for the history of ancient technology; glossary of weights, measures, and coinage; the rise of humans and human technology. The sources of energy and basic mechanical devices: sources of energy; basic machines; mechanical gadgets; agriculture; food processing; mining and quarrying; metallurgy; construction engineering; hydraulic engineering. Household industry and factory production: metal-working; wood-working; textiles and leather; ceramics and glass; applied chemistry; large-scale organized production. Transportation and Trade: land transportation; sea transportation; standards of trade. Record-keeping: time-keeping; writing and book production; military technology; attitudes towards labour, innovation and technology.
John W. Humphrey is Head of Department of Greek, Latin and Ancient
History at the University of Calgary, Canada.
John P. Oleson is Professor and Chair of Greek and Roman Studies at
the University of Victoria, Canada.
Andrew N. Sherwood is Assistant Professor at Concordia University
and lecturer at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
..."providing a wide range of the literary sources for ancient
technology...."
-Religious Studies Review
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