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Ancient Greek Houses and Households Chronological, Regional, and
Social Diversity Edited by Bradley A. Ault and Lisa C. Nevett "The
volume represents a significant step towards a deeper and more
nuanced understanding of Greek houses and households."--"BMCR" "An
excellent update on new finds in the domestic sphere in Greece and
a cautious start to the development of new theories and methods for
addressing the archaeological and textual evidence."--"Classical
Outlook" 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. Contributors include William Aylward (University of
Wisconsin, Madison), Nicholas Cahill (University of Wisconsin,
Madison), Manuel Fiedler (Freie Universitat, Berlin), Franziska
Lang (Humboldt Universitat, Berlin), Monike Trumper (Universitat
Heidelberg), and Barbara Tsakirgis (Vanderbilt University,
Nashville). Bradley A. Ault is Associate Professor of Classics at
the University at Buffalo, of the State University of New York. He
is the author of "The Houses: The Organization and Use of Domestic
Space, Excavations at Ancient Halieis," Vol. 2. Lisa C. Nevett
teaches in the Departments of Classical Studies and the History of
Art at the University of Michigan. She is the author of "House and
Society in the Ancient Greek World" and "Domestic Space in
Classical Antiquity." 2005 200 pages 6 x 9 45 illus. ISBN
978-0-8122-3875-4 Cloth $59.95s 39.00 World Rights Archaeology,
Classics, Architecture Short copy: 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.
The temples and theatres of the ancient Greek world are widely
known, but there is less familiarity with the houses in which
people lived. In this book, Lisa Nevett provides an accessible
introduction to the varied forms of housing found across the Greek
world between c. 1000 and 200 BCE. Many houses adopted a courtyard
structure which she sets within a broader chronological,
geographical and socio-economic context. The book explores how
housing shaped - and was shaped by – patterns of domestic life,
at Athens and in other urban communities. It also points to a rapid
change in the scale, elaboration and layout of the largest houses.
This is associated with a shift away from expressing solidarity
with peers in the local urban community towards advertising
personal status and participation in a network of elite households
which stretched across the Mediterranean. Instructors, students and
general readers will welcome this stimulating volume.
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.
This book considers traditional assumptions about the nature of social relationships in Greek households during the Classical and Hellenistic periods, which draws on archaeological evidence from individual houses rather than textual sources. The focus of the study is the domestic organization of households, particularly the relationships between men and women within the households, between household members and outsiders, and with the wider social structures of the polis or city state, and how these changed with time.
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.
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