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. The book will be invaluable for upper-level undergraduates, graduate students and scholars.
Author(s): Nevett, Lisa C.
Series: Key Themes in Ancient History
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2010
Language: English
Commentary: LCCN: DF99 .N47 2010 | Dewey: 392.3/60938; 392.360938; 643.10937
Pages: 198
Tags: Architecture Domestic Greece History To 1500 Dwellings Rome Households Social conditions 146 B C Material culture
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
Multiple-room structures with more than one entrance
Composite 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
CHAPTER 4 Housing and cultural identity: Delos, between Greece and Rome
INTRODUCTION
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
eruption, whether these were slaves or servants taking care of the property while it was renovated or whether they were outsiders seeking refuge
Cases 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
CONCLUSION: ELITE HOUSING AND ITS SYMBOLISM IN LATE ROMAN NORTH AFRICA
Epilogue: domestic space and social organisation in Classical Antiquity
Glossary
Period names and dates referred to in this book
Bibliographic essay
Bibliography
Index
