Technology in Transition A.D. 300-650

Luke Lavan is Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Kent, Canterbury. His doctorate (Nottingham 2001) considered Provincial Capitals in Late Antiquity. He has edited conference volumes on late antique urbanism, the countryside and historical methodology, and is series editor of Late Antique Archaeology.Enrico Zanini is Senior Lecturer in Methodology of Archaeological Research at the University of Siena. His research interests are focused on Byzantine Archaeology in Italy and the Mediterranean basin, involving excavations in the ‘Byzantine Quarter’ of Gortyn, Crete. He has authored Introduzione all’archeologia bizantina (Roma 1994) and Le Italie bizantine (Bari 1998).Alexander Sarantis works for the Central Administration (Business Services and Projects Division) of the University of Oxford. His Ph.D. (Oxford 2006) explored The Balkans during the Reign of Justinian and he has recently authored articles on A.H.M. Jones and the Gepids. His interests focus on the East Roman provinces and imperial relations with the barbarian peoples within and beyond them.

• Acknowledgements ... ixIntroductionExplaining Technological Change: Innovation, Stagnation, Recession and Replacement ... xvLuke LavanThe Transmission of Craft Techniques according to the Principles of Material Culture: Continuity and Rupture .. xliTiziano MannoniBibliographic EssaysTechnology in Late Antiquity: a Bibliographic Essay ... 3Philip BesMetal Technology in Late Antiquity: a Bibliographic Note ... 41Nathalie KellensGlass Technology in Late Antiquity: a Bibliographic Note .. 53Veerle LauwersAgricultureWater into Wine: Trade and Technology in Late Antiquity ... 65Michael DeckerWine-Making after Pliny: Viticulture and Farming Technology in Late Antique Italy .. 93Jeremy RossiterAbsent-Minded Landlords and Innovating Peasants? The Press in Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean .. 119Tamara LewitProductionCeramic Production in Africa during Late Antiquity: Continuity and Change .. 143Michel BonifayForm, Function and Technology in Pottery Production from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages ... 159Paul ArthurMetal Production in Late Antiquity: from Continuity of Knowledge to Changes in Consumption ... 187Enrico GiannicheddaGlass in Late Antiquity: The Continuity of Technology and Sources of Supply ... 211Lucia SaguíGlass in Late Antiquity in The Near East ... 233Margaret O’HeaEngineeringThe Infrastructure of a Great City: Earth, Walls and Water in Late Antique Constantinople .. 251James CrowWater Technology at Gortyn in the 4th–7th c. A.D.: Transport, Storage and Distribution .. 287Elisabetta GiorgiLate Antique Urban Streets at Sagalassos ... 321Femke MartensAntique Engineering in the Byzantine World ... 367Michael J. T. LewisBuildingTechnology and Ideas: Architects and Master-Builders in the Early Byzantine World ... 381Enrico ZaniniThe Art of Building in Milan during Late Antiquity: San Lorenzo Maggiore ... 407Laura FieniPublic and Private Building Activity in Late Antique Rome .. 435Riccardo Santangeli ValenzaniArchitecture and Infrastructure in the Early Medieval Village: the Case of Tuscany ... 451Marco ValentiUmayyad Building Techniques and the Merging of Roman-Byzantine and Partho-Sassanian Traditions: Continuity and Change .. 491Ignacio ArceIndex ... 539