Ancient Greek houses and households : chronological, regional, and social diversity / edited by Bradley A. Ault and Lisa C. Nevett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ault, Bradley A. (Bradley Allen), 1961-

Nevett, Lisa C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dwellings--Greece--History--To 1500.

Dwellings.

Housing--Greece--History--To 1500.

Housing.

History.

Greece.

Physical Description:

x, 189 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2005]

Summary:

Seeking to expand both the geographical range and the diversity of sites considered in the study of ancient Greek housing, Ancient Greek Houses and Households takes readers beyond well-established studies of the ideal classical house and now-famous structures of Athens and Olynthos.

Bradley A. Ault and Lisa C. Nevett have brought together an international team of scholars who draw upon recent approaches to the study of households developed in the fields of classical archaeology, ancient history, and anthropology. The essays cover a broad range of chronological, geographical, and social contexts and address such topics as the structure and variety of households in ancient Greece, facets of domestic industry, regional diversity in domestic organization, and status distinctions as manifested within households.

Ancient Greek Houses and Households views both Greek houses and the archeological debris found within them as a means of investigating the basic unit of Greek society: the household. Through this approach, the essays successfully point the way toward a real integration between material and textual data, between archeology and history.

Contents:

2 Structural Change in Archaic Greek Housing / Franziska Lang 12

3 Security, Synoikismos, and Koinon as Determinants for Troad Housing in Classical and Hellenistic Times / William Aylward 36

4 Household Industry in Greece and Anatolia / Nicholas Cahill 54

5 Living and Working Around the Athenian Agora: A Preliminary Case Study of Three Houses / Barbara Tsakirgis 67

6 Between Urban and Rural: House-Form and Social Relations in Attic Villages and Deme Centers / Lisa C. Nevett 83

7 Houses at Leukas in Acarnania: A Case Study in Ancient Household Organization / Manuel Fiedler 99

8 Modest Housing in Late Hellenistic Delos / Monika trumper 119

9 Housing the Poor and Homeless in Ancient Greece / Bradley A. Ault 140

10 Summing Up: Whither the Archaeology of the Greek Household? / Bradley A. Ault, Lisa C. Nevett 160.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0812238753

OCLC:

57625624