Description
Examines key technological innovations, knowledge transfer, connectivity and social meaning in the ancient and Medieval Sahara.
About the Author
CHLOE N. DUCKWORTH is a Lecturer in Archaeological Materials Science at Newcastle University, specialising in the archaeology of technology, and particularly in the multidisciplinary investigation of ancient and medieval glasses, from experimental reconstruction of furnaces and glass objects, to the use of historical texts, to chemical and stylistic analysis. AURELIE CUENOD is an Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of Leicester. Her research has focused on metal production and trade in the Pre-Islamic Sahara. She has in particular studied the metalworking evidence from Fazzan in Libya as a member of the Trans-SAHARA Project and participated to field and laboratory research on the metals of southern Morocco for the Middle Draa Project. DAVID J. MATTINGLY is Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of Leicester. He has worked in the Sahara for forty years and is the author of many books and articles related to Saharan archaeology, such as Farming the Desert (2 vols, 1996), which won the James R. Wiseman book award of the American Institute of Archaeology, and The Archaeology of Fazzan series (4 vols, 2003-2013). He was the principal investigator of the European Research Council-funded Trans-SAHARA Project (2011-2017) which created the groundwork for this volume, and he is the overall series editor of Trans-Saharan Archaeology, in which this is the final instalment of four volumes.
Reviews
'Mobile Technologies in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond ranges far and wide. It serves as a nice capstone to the publications of the Trans-Sahara Project, and its chapters engage in dialogue with the essays in the earlier volumes. Every university library needs a copy, and everyone interested in the Sahara, or deserts more broadly, whether in antiquity or later, will find much to ruminate on.' Gary Reger, American Journal of Archaeology
'Thanks to a new and stimulating approach, this volume sheds light on both the history of techniques and technological know-how and the cultural history of non-European worlds.' Stephanie Guedon, Technology and Culture
Book Information
ISBN 9781108830546
Author C. N. Duckworth
Format Hardback
Page Count 400
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 1200g
Dimensions(mm) 252mm * 180mm * 30mm