Ancient greek houses and households : chronological, regional, and social diversity /

Expanding both the geographical range and the diversity of sites considered in the study of ancient Greek housing, Ancient Greek Houses and Households views Greek houses and the archaeological artifacts found within them as a means of investigating the basic unit of Greek society: the household.

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Ault, Bradley A.; Nevett, Lisa C.
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2005]
©2005
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812204438
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Summary: Expanding both the geographical range and the diversity of sites considered in the study of ancient Greek housing, Ancient Greek Houses and Households views Greek houses and the archaeological artifacts found within them as a means of investigating the basic unit of Greek society: the household.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: 45 illus.
ISBN: 9780812204438
Index Number: DF99
CLC: K125
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Illustrations --
Chapter 1. Introduction /
Chapter 2. Structural Change in Archaic Greek Housing /
Chapter 3. Security, Synoikismos, and Koinon as Determinants for Troad Housing in Classical and Hellenistic Times /
Chapter 4. Household Industry in Greece and Anatolia /
Chapter 5. Living and Working Around the Athenian Agora: A Preliminary Case Study of Three Houses /
Chapter 6. Between Urban and Rural: House-Form and Social Relations in Attic Villages and Deme Centers /
Chapter 7. Houses at Leukas in Acarnania: A Case Study in Ancient Household Organization /
Chapter 8. Modest Housing in Late Hellenistic Delos /
Chapter 9. Housing the Poor and the Homeless in Ancient Greece /
Chapter 10 Summing Up: Whither the Archaeology of the Greek Household? /
Glossary --
Contributors --
Index --
Acknowledgments.