The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World

xviii, 865 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Contents: Chapter 1: Ancient written sources for engineering and technology Chapter 2: Representations of technical processes Ch. 3: Historiography and theoretical approaches Primary, extractive technologies Ch. 4: Mining and metallurgy Ch. 5: Quarrying and stoneworking Ch. 6: Sources of energy and exploitation of power Ch. 7: Greek and Roman agriculture Ch. 8: Animal husbandry, hunting, and fishing and fish production Engineering and complex machines Ch. 9: Greek engineering and construction Ch. 10: Roman engineering and construction Ch. 11: Hydraulic engineering and water supply Ch. 12: Tunnels and canals Ch. 13: Machines in Greek and Roman technology Secondary processes and manufacturing Ch. 14: Food processing and preparation Ch. 15: Large-scale manufacturing, standardization, and trade Ch. 16: Metalworking and tools Ch. 17: Woodworking Ch. 18: Textile production Ch. 19: Tanning and leather Ch. 20 Ceramic production Ch. 21: Glass production technologies of movement and transport Ch. 22: Land transport, Part 1: Roads and bridges Ch. 23: Land transport, Part 2: Riding, harnesses, and vehicles Ch. 24: Sea transport, Part 1: Ships and navigation Ch. 25: Sea transport, Part 2: Harbors Technologies of death Ch. 26: Greek warfare and fortification Ch. 27: Roman warfare and fortification Technologies of the mind Ch. 28: Information technologies: Writing, book production, and the role of literacy Ch. 29: Timekeeping Ch. 30: Technologies of calculation Part 1: Weights and measures Part 2: Coinage Part 3: Practical mathematics Ch. 31: Gadgets and scientific instruments Ch. 32: Inventors, invention and attitudes toward innovation Ancient technologies in the modern world Ch. 33: Expanding ethnoarchaeology historical evidence and model-building in the study of technological change.…