Domestic Space in Classical Antiquity ( Key Themes in Ancient History )

Publication series ：Key Themes in Ancient History

Author： Lisa C. Nevett

Publisher： Cambridge University Press‎

Publication year： 2010

E-ISBN: 9781139785846

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780521783361

Subject： K12 Ancient history (40 BC (c. a.d. 476)

Keyword：古代史（公元前40世纪~公元476年）

Language： ENG

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Domestic Space in Classical Antiquity

Description

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.

Chapter

Cover

DOMESTIC SPACE IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY

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

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