Domestic Space in Classical Antiquity

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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. 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