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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. owner's name in pen, else As New. lx, 572 pages, illustrations, maps : 24 cm. Summary:A book on technology in Late Antiquity. It surveys aspects of the technology of the period and to respond to questions about technological continuity, stagnation and decline.

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Hardcover. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorLuke Lavan is Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Kent, Canterbury. His doctorate (Nottingham 2001) considered Provincial Capitals in Late Antiquity. He has edited conference volumes on late anti.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorLuke A. Lavan, Ph.D. (2001) in Archaeology, University of Nottingham is currently unemployed. His doctorate (2001) considered Provincial Capitals in Late Antiquity. He has edited conference volumes on late antiq.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 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.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book examines a number of themes relating to housing in Late Antiquity. Two extensive bibliographic essays provide an overview of published literature relating to housing in this period. A selection of thematic essays focus on episcopia, lighting, privacy vs. public access, and building regulations. These are complemented by regional syntheses covering Spain and Africa and case studies of recently investigated urban houses from across the Mediterranean, from Gaul to Jordan. Whilst being firmly based in Late Antiquity, the volume also looks forward to Middle Byzantine and Early Islamic housing, with papers on rock-cut houses in Cappadocia and a wealthy dar from Pella in Jordan, destroyed by earthquake, with its inhabitants inside, in A.D. 749. …

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