CLCV 2305 Lecture 3: CLCV-Lecture 3
31 Jan 2017
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End of topic 8a power point today. Ancient technology has not changed but our ability to access that has improved a lot. Looking at mediterranean triad: facts provided 15 years ago have been disproven already on topics like antikythera mechanism. When doing research look to newest ideas and publications and then look at their sources. Plowing: ard - start with sharp stucks and then put in l shape with leather straps, later tied the plough to animals with yolk but the yolk went around their necks and killed the animals. Did(cid:374)"t realize u(cid:374)til later to put arou(cid:374)d (cid:272)hest rather tha(cid:374) (cid:374)e(cid:272)k: reconstruction of greek plow. Art is not accurate - it is representational and abstractive. Breakage almost always happens at bend point. In roman plow shoe looks like the bottom of a boat. Someone can follow behind and tap with feet after putting the seed in rather than go at same time.
