Table of Contents

Contributors
Abbreviations and Spelling Norms
Introduction
Part I: Sources
1: (Serafina Cuomo): Ancient Written Sources for Engineering and Technology
2: (Roger Ulrich): Representations of Technical Processes
3: (Kevin Greene): Historiography and Theoretical Approaches
Part II: Primary, Extractive Technologies
4: (Paul T. Craddock): Mining and Metallurgy
5: (J. Clayton Fant): Quarrying and Stoneworking
6: (Örjan Wikander): Sources of Energy and Exploitation of Power
7: (Evi Margaritis and Martin K. Jones): Greek and Roman Agriculture
8: (Geoffrey Kron): Animal Husbandry, Hunting, Fishing, and Fish Production
Part III: Engineering and Complex Machines
9: (Fredrick A. Cooper): Greek Engineering and Construction
10: (Lynne Lancaster): Roman Engineering and Construction
11: (Andrew I. Wilson): Hydraulic Engineering and Water Supply
12: (Klaus Grewe): Tunnels and Canals
13: (Andrew I. Wilson): Machines in Greek and Roman Technology
Part IV: Secondary Processes and Manufacturing
14: (Robert I. Curtis): Food Processing and Preparation
15: (Andrew I. Wilson): Large-Scale Manufacturing, Standardization, and Trade
16: (Carol Mattusch): Metalworking and Tools
17: (Roger B. Ulrich): Woodworking
18: (John P. Wild): Textile Production
19: (Carol van Driel-Murray): Tanning and Leather
20: (Mark Jackson and Kevin Greene): Ceramic Production
21: (E. Marianne Stern): Glass Production
Part V: Technologies of Movement and Transport
22: (Lorenzo Quilici): Land Transport, Part 1: Roads and Bridges
23: (Georges Raepsaet): Land Transport, Part 2: Riding, Harnesses, and Vehicles
24: (Seán McGrail): Sea Transport, Part 1: Ships and Navigation
25: (David J. Blackman): Sea Transport, Part 2: Harbors
Part VI: Technologies of Death
26: (Philip de Souza): Greek Warfare and Fortification
27: (Gwyn Davies): Roman Warfare and Fortification
Part VII: Technologies of the Mind
28: (Willy Clarysse and Katelijn Vandorpe): Information Technologies: Writing, Book Production, and the Role of Literacy
29: (Robert Hannah): Timekeeping
30: Technologies of Calculation
Part 1: Weights and Measures(Charlotte Wikander):
Part 2: Coinage(Andrew Meadows):
Part 3: Practical Mathematics(Karin Tybjerg):
31: (Örjan Wikander): Gadgets and Scientific Instruments
32: (Kevin Greene): Inventors, Invention, and Attitudes toward Innovation
Part VIII: Ancient Technologies in the Modern World
33: (Michael B. Schiffer): Expanding Ethnoarchaeology: Historical Evidence and Model-Building in the Study of Technological Change
Index

About the Author

John Peter Oleson is Distinguished Professor of Greek and Roman Studies, University of Victoria, Canada.

Reviews

"This is an excellent book that will serve classicists reliably as a basic work of reference. The level of scholarship is very high, the writing generally clear, the breadth of the coverage impressive. Oleson's organization and editing are something of a marvel. 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." - George W. Houston, 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. This handbook has indeed set a new standard, and will leave a large and definitive intellectual footprint on a new age of scholarship." - Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, Technology & Culture
"To summarize the entire collection in a word, I would simply say 'magisterial.' This volume meets the lofty expectations of the Oxford University Press for its Handbooks series and the equally high standards set forth by its editor. It is not by definition a monographic treatment, but for what is it-a superb research tool intended to inform and to guide scholars and advanced students approaching an unfamiliar field-there is nothing of equal importance
now available. One can purchase this handbook with confidence that it will have a long shelf life and provide an invaluable gateway to the world of engineering and ancient technology in classical antiquity for
years to come." - Robert L. Hohlfelder, American Journal of Archaeology