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Domestic Space In Classical Antiquity
Paperback Edition: 2010
Housing is shaped by culturally-specific expectations about the kinds of architecture and furnishings that are appropriate; about how and where different activities should be carried out; and by and with whom. It is those expectations, and the wider social and cultural systems of which they
are a part, that are explored in this volume. At the same time, the book as a whole argues two larger points: 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.
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Pages : 196
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Publication date : 2010-08-05
Subjects: Non-fiction, Published in the UK, Humanities, Anthropology/archaeology, History, Classical Greek & Roman Archaeology