Cutting-edge Technologies in Ancient Greece

Cutting-edge Technologies in Ancient Greece
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Publisher : Oxbow Books
Total Pages : 567
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ISBN-10 : 9781789252996
ISBN-13 : 1789252997
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Book Synopsis Cutting-edge Technologies in Ancient Greece by : Marina Panagiotaki

Download or read book Cutting-edge Technologies in Ancient Greece written by Marina Panagiotaki and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines materials produced with the use of fire and mostly by use of the kiln (metals, plasters, glass and glaze, aromatics). The technologies based on fire have been considered high-tech technologies and they have contributed to the evolution of man throughout history. Papers highlight technical innovations of the technician/artist/pyrotechnologist that lived in the Aegean (mainland Greece and the islands) during the Bronze Age, the Classical and the Byzantine periods.


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