The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World (Oxford Handbooks)
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (847 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195187318 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 896 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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500 in the circum-Mediterranean world and Northern Europe. These studies introduce and synthesize the results of excavation or specialized studies. The unrivalled breadth and depth of this volume make it the definitive reference work for students and academics across the spectrum of classical studies.. A.D. 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. 800 B.C. The chapters are organized in sections progressing from sources (written and representational) to primary (e.g., mining, metallurgy, agriculture) and secondary (e.g., woodworking, glass production, food preparation,
An important contribution is the Handbook's demonstration through repeated examples, of our ability to define, comprehend, and appreciate the scale of things in antiquity." --Journal of Roman Archaeology"A new milestone for Oxford and for the field. Each of the eight parts to the book is a stand-alone tour de force that deserves enormous praise for its organization, its comprehensiveness, and its promise for impacting future studies. Hohlfelder, American Journal of Archaeology"This is an excellent book that will serve classicists reliably as a basic work of reference. Oleson's organization and editing are something of a marvel. The level of scholarship is very high, the writing generally clear, the breadth of the coverage impressive. This handbook has indeed set a new standard, and will leave
Michael M. Curtis said Content Origin. I've been burned by these definitively titled, multi-authored books before. Perusing the index, prior to purchase, made it appear as if the brief articles were general in nature with names like "Greek and Roman Agriculture," or "Roman Engineering and Construction,", but they read like brief descriptions of dissertations, lengthy abstracts of specific works, or the text of a particular powerpoint presentation. The provenance of only three articles is given in the acknowledgements, the rest are simply called contributors.Articles deal only with one or two very . Expensive, but Comprehensive This book is expensive, but it represents the state-of-the-art in Roman technical studies. It does not necessarily supplant older works, such as KD White's 'Greek and Roman Technology' or Brown and Strong's 'Roman Crafts' but it certainly casts them in a different light - especially with the new information regarding Roman industrial capability, and new outlooks on classical attitudes towards technology. The various contributors are well respected in their fields, and the massive amounts of citation will keep you busy for months on any particular subject.Alth. Some useful bibliographic essays on Greek and Roman technology This is a collection of short essays about engineering technology in the Greco-Roman world. None of the articles is by itself an authoritative account, but the ones I have read give well chosen citations to authoritative works. Indeed, watching some videos on bronze and iron making using ancient techniques has given me a much more solid sense of ancient metallurgy than reading an essay can, and to fully understand any technical process or tool one either needs to work with it or have many precise diagrams, which is impossible for a short essay. Perhaps we can
John Peter Oleson is Distinguished Professor of Greek and Roman Studies, University of Victoria, Canada.