06-20-2009, 06:23 AM
Wheelbarrows are a fascinating example. Wasn't it once a key cornerstone used by Medievalists for revisionism? Sort of like the one where Roman/antique harnesses were inefficient and strangled the cattle (which was okay because most of labor was done by slaves anyway), whereas it was left up to the Middle Ages to develop a fully functional and normal harness.
Multi viri et feminae philosophiam antiquam conservant.
James S.
James S.