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Ancient Greek Housing

By: Lisa C. Nevett

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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.

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Ancient Greek Housing

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Provides an accessible and extensively illustrated introduction to housing and domestic life in the ancient Greek world.

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0521198720

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Domestic Space in Classical Antiquity

By: Lisa C. Nevett

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Domestic Space in Classical Antiquity

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Explores the wider cultural framework in which we should study the housing in the Greek and Roman worlds.

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0521783364

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House and Society in the Ancient Greek World

By: Lisa C. Nevett

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House and Society in the Ancient Greek World

By: Lisa C. Nevett

This 1999 book re-examines traditional assumptions about the nature of social relationships in Greek households during the Classical and Hellenistic periods. Through detailed exploration of archaeological evidence from individual houses, Lisa Nevett identifies a recognisable concept of the citizen household as a social unit, and suggests that this was present in numerous Greek cities. She argues that in such households relations between men and women, traditionally perceived as dominating the domestic environment, should be placed within the wider context of domestic activity. Although gender was an important cultural factor which helped to shape the organisation of the house, this was balanced against other influences, notably the relationship between household members and outsiders. At the same time the role of the household in relation to the wider social structures of the polis, or city state, changed rapidly through time, with the house itself coming to represent an important symbol of personal prestige.

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0521000254

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9780521000253

Theoretical Approaches to the Archaeology of Ancient Greece

Manipulating Material Culture

By: Lisa Nevett

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Theoretical Approaches to the Archaeology of Ancient Greece

Manipulating Material Culture

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In the modern world, objects and buildings speak eloquently about their creators. Status, gender identity, and cultural affiliations are just a few characteristics we can often infer about such material culture. But can we make similar deductions about the inhabitants of the first millennium BCE Greek world? Theoretical Approaches to the Archaeology of Ancient Greece offers a series of case studies exploring how a theoretical approach to the archaeology of this area provides insight into aspects of ancient society. An introductory section exploring the emergence and growth of theoretical approaches is followed by examinations of the potential insights these approaches provide. The authors probe some of the meanings attached to ancient objects, townscapes, and cemeteries, for those who created, and used, or inhabited them. The range of contexts stretches from the early Greek communities during the eighth and seventh centuries BCE, through Athens between the eighth and fifth centuries BCE, and on into present day Turkey and the Levant during the third and second centuries BCE. The authors examine a range of practices, from the creation of individual items such as ceramic vessels and figurines, through to the construction of civic buildings, monuments, and cemeteries. At the same time they interrogate a range of spheres, from craft production, through civic and religious practices, to funerary ritual.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472122533

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9780472122530

Domestic Space in Classical Antiquity

By: Lisa C. Nevett

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Domestic Space in Classical Antiquity

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Explores the wider cultural framework in which we should study the housing in the Greek and Roman worlds.

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Book's by Lisa C. Nevett

Ancient Greek Housing

Ancient Greek Housing

Ancient Greek Housing

Ancient Greek Housing

Domestic Space in Classical Antiquity

Domestic Space in Classical Antiquity

House and Society in the Ancient Greek World

House and Society in the Ancient Greek World

Theoretical Approaches to the Archaeology of Ancient Greece

Theoretical Approaches to the Archaeology of Ancient Greece

Domestic Space in Classical Antiquity

Domestic Space in Classical Antiquity

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