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The Archaeology of Household Activities.
Title:
The Archaeology of Household Activities.
Author:
Allison, Penelope.
ISBN:
9780203014929
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (221 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Chapter One Introduction -- Chapter Two Formation processes of house floor assemblages -- Chapter Three Household archaeology and cultural formation processes: Examples from the Cerén site, El Salvador -- Chapter Four Digging houses: Archaeologies of Classical and Hellenistic Greek domestic assemblages -- Chapter Five Labels for ladles: Interpreting the material culture of Roman households -- Chapter Six Mesoamerican house lots and archaeological site structure: Problems of inference in Yaxcaba, Yucatan, Mexico, 1750-1847 -- Chapter Seven The appetites of households in early Roman Britain -- Chapter Eight Towards a feminist archaeology of households: Gender and household structure on the Australian goldfields -- Chapter Nine Spatial and behavioural negotiation in Classical Athenian city houses -- Chapter Ten The world their Household: Changing meanings of the domestic sphere in the nineteenth century -- Chapter Eleven Discussion: Comments from a classicist -- Index.
Abstract:
This pioneering collection engages with recent research in different areas of the archaeological discipline to bring together case-studies of the household material culture from later prehistoric and classical periods. The book provides a comprehensive and accessible study for students into the material records of past households, aiding wider understanding of our own domestic development.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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