Author: ForbesPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004006263
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Studies in ancient technology. 9 (1964)
Author: Robert James ForbesPublisher: Brill Archive
ISBN:
Category : Technology
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Studies in Ancient Technology
Author: ForbesPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004006263
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Studies in Ancient Technology, Volume 8 Metallurgy in Antiquity, Part 1. Early Metallurgy, the Smith and His Tools, Gold, Silver and Lead, Zinc and Brass
Author: ForbesPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004453091
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Studies in Ancient Technology
Author: Robert James ForbesPublisher: Brill Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Studies in Ancient Technology
Author: R. J. ForbesPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004083073
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Ancient Technology in Peru and Bolivia
Author: David Hatcher ChildressPublisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 1935487981
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
David Hatcher Childress, popular Lost Cities author and star of the History Channel’s long-running show Ancient Aliens, takes us to the mysterious ruins in the mountains of Peru and Bolivia in search of ancient technology and the secrets of megalith building. In his new book, packed with photos and diagrams, Childress examines the amazing stonecutting at Puma Punku, a site neighboring the ancient ruins of Tiwanaku near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. He looks at whether the so-called “Inca walls”-found in Cuzco and at other sites such as Sacsayhuaman, Ollantaytambo and Machu Picchu-were really made by the Incas. The evidence seems to support the idea that they were actually constructed by a far older culture. Childress examines the megalithic construction and underground chambers of Chavin in the Cordillera Blanca of Peru, possibly the oldest megalithic site in South America. He also speculates on the existence of a sunken city in Lake Titicaca and reveals new evidence that the Sumerians may have arrived in South America over 4,000 years ago. Childress demonstrates that the use of “keystone cuts” with metal clamps poured into them to secure megalithic construction was an advanced technology used all over the world, from the Andes to Egypt, Greece and Southeast Asia. He maintains that only power tools could have made the intricate articulation and drill holes found in extremely hard granite and basalt blocks in Bolivia and Peru, and that the megalith builders had to have had advanced methods for moving and stacking gigantic blocks of stone, some weighing over 100 tons. The incredible high-tech world of South America is illuminated in the informative and breezy style for which Childress has always been known. Chapters in the book include: The Lost World of South America; The Enigma of Ancient Technology; Ancient Technology at Tiwanaku and Puma Punku; The Sumerian Mining Complex at Tiwanaku; Mysteries of Lake Titicaca and the Towers; Ancient Technology in Cuzco; The Megaliths of Ollantaytambo; Did the Incas Build Machu Picchu?; and more!
The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World
Author: John Peter OlesonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199734852
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
Nearly every aspect of daily life in the Mediterranean world and Europe during the florescence of the Greek and Roman cultures is relevant to engineering and technology. This text highlights the accomplishments of the ancient societies, the research problems, and stimulates further progress in the history of ancient technology.
Studies in Ancient Technology
Author: Technology of the Ancient Near East
Author: Jill L. BakerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351188097
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Peoples of the distant past lived comfortably in cities that boasted well-conceived urban planning, monumental architecture, running water, artistic expression, knowledge of mathematics and medicine, and more. Without the benefits of modern technology, they enjoyed all the accoutrements of modern civilization. Technology of the Ancient Near East brings together in a single volume what is known about the technology behind these acheivements, based on the archaeological, textual, historic, and scientific data drawn from a wide range of sources, focusing on subjects such as warfare, construction, metallurgy, ceramics and glass, water management, and time keeping. These technologies are discussed within the cultural, historic, and socio-economic contexts within which they were invented and the book emphasises these as the foundation upon which modern technology is based. In so doing, this study elucidates the ingenuity of ancient minds, offering an invaluable introduction for students of ancient technology and science.
Ancient Food Technology
Author: CurtisPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004475036
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Employing a wide variety of sources, this book discusses innovations in food processing and preservation from the Palaeolithic period through the late Roman Empire. All through the ages, there has been the need to acquire and maintain a consistent food supply leading to the invention of tools and new technologies to process certain plant and animal foods into different and more usable forms. This handbook presents the results of the most recent investigations, identifies controversies, and points to areas needing further work. It is the first book to focus specifically on ancient food technology, and to discuss the integral role it played in the political, economic, and social fabric of ancient society. Fully documented and lavishly illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings, it will appeal to students and scholars of both the arts and the sciences.