ISBN:
9780521783361
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9780521789455
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9781139781992
Language:
English
Pages:
xvii, 178 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Key Themes in Ancient History
Parallel Title:
Print version Domestic Space in Classical Antiquity
DDC:
392.3/60938
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
Explores the wider cultural framework in which we should study the housing in the Greek and Roman worlds
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; DOMESTIC SPACE IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY; Series Editors; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Plates; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Domestic space and social organisation; INTRODUCTION; ANCIENT HOUSES AS PHYSICAL PLACES; CONCEPTUALISING ANCIENT HOUSES; CHAPTER 2 House-form and social complexity: the transformation of Early Iron Age Greece; INTRODUCTION: ISSUES AND APPROACHES; THE NATURE OF THE EVIDENCE; EARLY IRON AGE HOUSE-FORMS; Single-room structures; Multiple-room structures with end entrance; Houses with multiple rooms and a side entrance
Description / Table of Contents:
Multiple-room structures with more than one entranceComposite houses; SUMMARISING THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CONCLUSION: DOMESTIC ORGANISATION AND THE FORMATION OF THE CITIZEN-STATE; CHAPTER 3 A space for 'hurling the furniture'? Architecture and the development of Greek domestic symposia; INTRODUCTION; LOCATING THE SYMPOSIUM IN THE DOMESTIC CONTEXT: THE FIFTH AND FOURTH CENTURIES BCE; LOCATING THE SYMPOSIUM IN PRE-CLASSICAL HOUSES; IMAGES OF SOCIAL DRINKING IN ARCHAIC AND CLASSICAL GREECE; CONCLUSIONS: SITUATING GREEK DOMESTIC SYMPOSIA
Description / Table of Contents:
CHAPTER 4 Housing and cultural identity: Delos, between Greece and RomeINTRODUCTION; THE HOUSE OF CLEOPATRA AND DIOSCORIDES IN CONTEXT: THE DECORATION, ARCHITECTURE AND LAYOUT OF OTHER DELIAN HOUSES; CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON DELIAN HOUSE LAYOUT; CONCLUSIONS: CULTURAL IDENTITY AND `IDENTIFICATION' IN EARLY ROMAN DELOS; CHAPTER 5 Seeking the domus behind the dominus in Roman Pompeii: artefact distributions as evidence for the various social groups; INTRODUCTION; FLEXIBILITY AND MULTIFUNCTIONALITY IN THE USE OF DOMESTIC SPACE AT POMPEII
Description / Table of Contents:
eruption, whether these were slaves or servants taking care of the property while it was renovated or whether they were outsiders seeking refugeCases where the evidence appears to indicate incompatible activities taking place in a single space; CONCLUSIONS: TOWARDS A DYNAMIC AND SOCIALLY INCLUSIVE MODEL FOR HOUSEHOLDS AT POMPEII; CHAPTER 6 Housing as symbol: elite self-presentation in North Africa under Roman rule; INTRODUCTION; THE ARCHITECTURAL CONTEXT OF THE DOMINUS JULIUS MOSAIC; INTERPRETING THE ICONOGRAPHY OF THE DOMINUS JULIUS MOSAIC
Description / Table of Contents:
CONCLUSION: ELITE HOUSING AND ITS SYMBOLISM IN LATE ROMAN NORTH AFRICAEpilogue: domestic space and social organisation in Classical Antiquity; Glossary; Period names and dates referred to in this book; Bibliographic essay; Bibliography; Index;
Description / Table of Contents:
first, that while houses, households, and families have in recent years become increasingly important as objects of inquiry in Greek and Roman contexts, their potential as sources of information about broader social-historical issues has yet to be fully realised; and second, that greater weight and independence should be given to material culture as a source for studying ancient history. The book will be invaluable for upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and scholars"--Provided by publisher
Description / Table of Contents:
the transformation of early Iron Age Greece -- A space for "hurling the furniture" : the architecture and the development of Greek domestic symposia -- Housing and cultural identity : Delos, between Greece and Rome -- Seeing the domus behind the dominus in Roman Pompeii : artefact distributions as evidence for the whole household -- Housing as symbol : elite self-preservation in North Africa under Roman rule -- Epilogue: Domestic space and social organisation in classical antiquity -- Glossary -- Period names and dates referred to in this book
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Available via World Wide Web
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