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Household and city organization at Olynthus / Nicholas Cahill.
Penn Museum Library DF261.O53 C3 2002
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cahill, Nicholas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buildings--Greece--Olynthus (Extinct city).
- Buildings.
- Greece--Olynthus (Extinct city).
- City planning--Greece--Olynthus (Extinct city).
- City planning.
- Dwellings--Greece--Olynthus (Extinct city).
- Dwellings.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 383 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Olynthus, one of the best-preserved ancient Greek cities, was excavated in the 1920s and 1930s, revealing more than a hundred houses and their exceptionally complete contents. In this copiously illustrated book, Nicholas Cahill analyzes this archaeological information and provides important new insights into the daily lives of the ancient Greeks, the organization of their public and domestic space, and the economic and social patterns in Olynthus.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-369) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0300084951
- OCLC:
- 47136437
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