Book Review: Die byzantinische Steinsäge von Ephesos by Fritz Mangartz

Abstract

Baubefund, Rekonstruktion, Architekturteile, Monographien des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums Band 86. Water driven saws for cutting stone were thought of as being modern inventions, until recently. At present we have several finds that prove such machines existed in the Classic Era.

Keywords

• review
• book
• stone
• sawing
• iron age
• early middle ages
• germany