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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Social Context of Technological Change in Egypt and the Near East, 1650-1550 BCdi Andrew Shortland (A cura di)
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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. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Another interesting paper discusses the value of iron, and the possibility of iron roasting spits used as “coinage” in Greece. The author concludes that in the late Bronze Age a single iron dagger was sufficiently valuable to be an appropriate gift from the Hittite King Hattusilis III to the Assyrian king Shalmaneser I; an earlier reference (during the Old Assyrian Period, perhaps Middle Bronze Age) suggests iron was about 90 times as valuable as silver and about 10 times as valuable as gold (although the author doesn’t suggest it, I presume this is meteoritic iron rather than smelted iron). The exchange rate dropped precipitously, presumable as iron smelting developed, so that a century or so into the Iron Age, silver was 240 to 360 times as valuable as iron (although it’s noted that there were considerable quality variations). It’s been suggested that the development of iron armor and weapons brought about the controversial “collapse of civilization” at the end of the Bronze; while only the elite and wealthy could afford bronze weapons and armor, every Tom, Dick, and Harry could have an iron sword and an iron helmet.
This paper also discusses iron roasting spits. It’s been suggested (see, for example, A History of Sparta) that these were a sort of coinage, based on their discovery in wealthy tombs; however, here it’s suggested that while possession of such spits in abundance was a sign of wealth, they didn’t have any sort of a standard exchange value.
These are just the papers I found particularly interesting; there are fourteen altogether so others might be more relevant to people with different archaeological interests. Each paper has its own set of references. Illustrations and maps in some if relevant. ( )