Technology of the Ancient Near East: From the Neolithic to the Early Roman Period

ISBN-13: 9780815393696 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 326 str.

Jill Baker

Opis

This work brings together in a single volume what is known about the technology of the ancient Near East based on the archaeological, textual, historic, and scientific data drawn from a wide range of sources, focusing on subjects such as warfare, construction, metallurgy, ceramics and glass, water management, and time keeping.

Spis treści

List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Maps; Chronology of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Canaan, and Greece; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Early Technologies; Chapter 3 Stone; Chapter 4 Wood; Chapter 5 Metals; Chapter 6 Bonding Agents: Glue, Plaster, Mortar, Cement, Bitumen; Chapter 7 Engineering, Machines, Power, and Energy; Chapter 8 Construction; Chapter 9 Warfare; Chapter 10 Textiles; Chapter 11 Ceramic and Glass Technology; Chapter 12 Water Management and Technology; Chapter 13 Medicine; Chapter 14 Daily Life; Chapter 15 Transportation; Chapter 16 Timekeeping; Chapter 17 Food as Technology; Chapter 18 Writing, Arts, Weights, Measures, and Currency; Chapter 19 Summary and Discussion ; Bibliography; Index

O autorze

Jill L. Baker is an Independent Researcher in Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and a Faculty Fellow (adjunct) in the Honors College at Florida International University, USA. She is the author of The Funeral Kit: Mortuary Practices in the Archaeological Record and co-author of The Greensboro Blockhouse Project: An Historical and Archaeological Investigation in Greensboro, Vermont.