This volume presents the reader with a selection of installations
for the production of wine and oil from Israel of the Hellenistic,
Roman and Byzantine periods. Many such installations have been
found in Israel from earlier periods also but the peak in their
development, in the number of installations found, in the
technology used and in their variety is towards the end of the
Byzantine period. Several factors combined to create this
situation. This comprehensive study investigates their
archaeological remains. The installations presented in this volume
reveal the remarkable variety of techniques and devices found in
one small section of the complicated mosaic of local technical
cultures that were spread throughout the Mediterranean basin, each
developing separately but influenced by and influencing the others.
Even techniques such as the use of the screw developed in different
ways in different regions. The extent and borders of these
technical cultures are in many cases closely related to those of
political entities changing in extent and character together with
these. Thus the study of these ancient crafts not only reveals
important aspects of ancient technology, economics and day to day
life but mapping the variegated regional technical cultures
contributes a new and independent delineation of ancient human
geography.
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