The Social Context of Technological Change
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The Social Context of Technological Change

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  2. English
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The Social Context of Technological Change

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The technological capabilities of the ancient world have long fascinated scholars and the general public alike, though scholarly debate has often seen material culture not as the development of technology, but as a tool for defining chronology and delineating the level of interactions of neighboring societies. These fourteen papers, arising from a conference held in Oxford in September 2000, take the approach that technology plays a vital role in past socioeconomic systems. They cover the Near East and associated areas, including Greece, Crete, Cyprus, Anatolia, the Levant, Mesopotamia and Egypt from the end of the Middle Bronze Age to the Late Bronze Age (1650-1150 BC), a period when many technological innovations appear for the first time.

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Yes, you can access The Social Context of Technological Change by Andrew J. Shortland, Andrew Shortland in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Storia & Storia dell'antico Egitto. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Oxbow Books
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9781785705663
Topic
Storia
Subtopic
Storia dell'antico Egitto

Table of contents

  1. Preface and acknowledgements
  2. List of contributors
  3. 1 The mobility of artisans and opportunities for technology transfer between Western Asia and Egypt in the Late Bronze Age
  4. 2 Technological change in the East Mediterranean Bronze Age: capital, resources and marketing
  5. 3 Society and technology in the Late Bronze Age: a guided tour of the cuneiform sources
  6. 4 Egyptians, Hyksos and military hardware: causes, effects or catalysts?
  7. 5 Stone Vessel Production: New Beginnings and New Visions in New-Palace Crete
  8. 6 Stone Vessel Workshops in the Levant: Luxury Products of a Cosmpolitan Age
  9. 7 The Provenance of Canaanite Amphorae found at Memphis and Amarna in the New Kingdom
  10. 8 Glass and faience at Amarna: different methods of both supply for production, and subsequent distribution
  11. 9 Gold and Granulation: Exploring the social Implications of a Prestige Technology in the Bronze Age Mediterranean
  12. 10 Minoan foreign relations and copper metallurgy in MMIII–LMIII Crete
  13. 11 Social influences on the development and spread of glass
  14. 12 Problems and possibilities in workshop reconstruction: Qantir and the organisation of LBA glass working sites
  15. 13 The Evolution of Glazing Technologies in the Ancient Near East and Egypt
  16. 14 Problematising the Transition from Bronze to Iron
  17. Cover