Ergonomic design in ancient Greece

Marmaras, N; Poulakakis, G; Papakostopoulos, V

dc.contributor.author	Marmaras, N	en
dc.contributor.author	Poulakakis, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Papakostopoulos, V	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:14:35Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:14:35Z
dc.date.issued	1999	en
dc.identifier.issn	0003-6870	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/13157
dc.subject	Ancient Greece	en
dc.subject	Ergonomic design	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Industrial	en
dc.subject.classification	Ergonomics	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	building material	en
dc.subject.other	ergonomics	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	human	en
dc.subject.other	literature	en
dc.subject.other	occupational health	en
dc.subject.other	occupational safety	en
dc.subject.other	workload	en
dc.subject.other	workplace	en
dc.subject.other	Facility Design and Construction	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	Greek World	en
dc.subject.other	History, Ancient	en
dc.subject.other	Human Engineering	en
dc.subject.other	Humans	en
dc.title	Ergonomic design in ancient Greece	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/S0003-6870(98)00050-7	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0003-6870(98)00050-7	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1999	en
heal.abstract	Although the science of ergonomics did not actually emerge until the 20th century, there is evidence to suggest that ergonomic principles were in fact known and adhered to 25 centuries ago. The study reported here is a first attempt to research the ergonomics concerns of ancient Greeks, on both a conceptual and a practical level. On the former we present a collection of literature references to the concepts of usability and human-centred design. On the latter, examples of ergonomic design from a variety of fields are analysed. The fields explored here include the design of everyday utensils, the sculpture and manipulation of marble as a building material and the design of theatres. Though hardly exhaustive, these examples serve to demonstrate that the ergonomics principles, in content if not in name, actually emerged a lot earlier than is traditionally thought (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCI LTD	en
heal.journalName	Applied Ergonomics	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/S0003-6870(98)00050-7	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000080624200009	en
dc.identifier.volume	30	en
dc.identifier.issue	4	en
dc.identifier.spage	361	en
dc.identifier.epage	368	en