Technology in Transition A.D. 300-650

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lx, 580 pp.

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BRILL

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English

Biographical note

Luke 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 antique urbanism, the countryside and historical methodology, and is series editor of Late Antique Archaeology.

Enrico Zanini is Senior Lecturer in Methodology of Archaeological Research at the University of Siena. His research interests are focused on Byzantine Archaeology in Italy and the Mediterranean basin, involving excavations in the ‘Byzantine Quarter’ of Gortyn, Crete. He has authored Introduzione all’archeologia bizantina (Roma 1994) and Le Italie bizantine (Bari 1998).

Alexander Sarantis works for the Central Administration (Business Services and Projects Division) of the University of Oxford. His Ph.D. (Oxford 2006) explored The Balkans during the Reign of Justinian and he has recently authored articles on A.H.M. Jones and the Gepids. His interests focus on the East Roman provinces and imperial relations with the barbarian peoples within and beyond them.

Readership

All those interested in the archaeology and history of the Late Roman and Early Medieval periods in Europe and the Mediterranean, as well as architectural historians focusing on domesticity.

Acknowledgements ... ix
Introduction
Explaining Technological Change: Innovation, Stagnation, Recession and Replacement ... xv
Luke Lavan
The Transmission of Craft Techniques according to the Principles of Material Culture: Continuity and Rupture .. xli
Tiziano Mannoni

Bibliographic Essays
Technology in Late Antiquity: a Bibliographic Essay ... 3
Philip Bes
Metal Technology in Late Antiquity: a Bibliographic Note ... 41
Nathalie Kellens
Glass Technology in Late Antiquity: a Bibliographic Note .. 53
Veerle Lauwers

Agriculture
Water into Wine: Trade and Technology in Late Antiquity ... 65
Michael Decker
Wine-Making after Pliny: Viticulture and Farming Technology in Late Antique Italy .. 93
Jeremy Rossiter
Absent-Minded Landlords and Innovating Peasants? The Press in Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean .. 119
Tamara Lewit

Production
Ceramic Production in Africa during Late Antiquity: Continuity and Change .. 143
Michel Bonifay
Form, Function and Technology in Pottery Production from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages ... 159
Paul Arthur
Metal Production in Late Antiquity: from Continuity of Knowledge to Changes in Consumption ... 187
Enrico Giannichedda
Glass in Late Antiquity: The Continuity of Technology and Sources of Supply ... 211
Lucia Saguí
Glass in Late Antiquity in The Near East ... 233
Margaret O’Hea

Engineering
The Infrastructure of a Great City: Earth, Walls and Water in Late Antique Constantinople .. 251
James Crow
Water Technology at Gortyn in the 4th–7th c. A.D.: Transport, Storage and Distribution .. 287
Elisabetta Giorgi
Late Antique Urban Streets at Sagalassos ... 321
Femke Martens
Antique Engineering in the Byzantine World ... 367
Michael J. T. Lewis

Building
Technology and Ideas: Architects and Master-Builders in the Early Byzantine World ... 381
Enrico Zanini
The Art of Building in Milan during Late Antiquity: San Lorenzo Maggiore ... 407
Laura Fieni
Public and Private Building Activity in Late Antique Rome .. 435
Riccardo Santangeli Valenzani
Architecture and Infrastructure in the Early Medieval Village: the Case of Tuscany ... 451
Marco Valenti
Umayyad Building Techniques and the Merging of Roman-Byzantine and Partho-Sassanian Traditions: Continuity and Change .. 491
Ignacio Arce

Index ... 539

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The Archaeology of Late Antique 'Paganism'

Edited by Luke Lavan and Michael Mulryan

This collection of papers, arising from the conference series Late Antique Archaeology, examines the archaeology of 'paganism' in late antiquity. Papers explore the end of the temples, the nature of ritual deposits, the fate of religious statues and the iconography in material culutre. These are ...

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Religious Diversity in Late Antiquity

Edited by David M. Gwynn and Susanne Bangert. Conceived and Co-ordinated by Luke Lavan. With the Assistance of Carlos Machado and Michael Mulryan

This volume in the ongoing Late Antique Archaeology series draws on material and textual evidence to explore the diverse religious world of Late Antiquity. Subjects include Jews and Samaritans, orthodoxy and heresy, pilgrimage, stylites, magic, the sacred and the secular.

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Objects in Context, Objects in Use

Edited by Luke Lavan, Ellen Swift and Toon Putzeys

This collection of papers, arising from the conference series Late Antique Archaeology, examines material spatiality in late antiquity. Synthetic papers drawing on archaeological, art-historical and textual sources, are complemented by case-studies of sites, an introductory essay, and several ...

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Housing in Late Antiquity - Volume 3.2

Edited by Luke Lavan, Lale Özgenel and Alexander Sarantis

This collection of papers, arising from the conference series Late Antique Archaeology, examines the housing in the late antique period, through thematic and regional syntheses, complemented by cases studies and two bibliographic essays.

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Social and Political Life in Late Antiquity - Volume 3.1

Edited by William Bowden, Adam Gutteridge and Carlos Machado

This collection of papers, arising from the conference series Late Antique Archaeology, examines the social and political structures of the late antique period and the ways in which they are manifested in the archaeological and textual record.

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Recent Research on the Late Antique Countryside

Edited by William Bowden, Luke Lavan and Carlos Machado

This volume explores the late antique countryside, looking at social and political life, landscape change, villas, monasteries, pilgrimage sites and the fate of rural temples. A section is devoted to recent survey work in Turkey and a comprehensive bibliographic essay frames the work. With ...

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Theory and Practice in Late Antique Archaeology

Edited by Luke Lavan and William Bowden

This volume explores the theoretical frameworks, methodology and field practice suited to late antique archaeology. It considers broad themes such as social life, the economy, topography and long-term change, but also engages fully with the specific historical issues and evidential problems of ...