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Archaeology of domestic architecture and the human use of space / Sharon R. Steadman.

By: Language: English Publication details: Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, Inc., c2015.Description: 393 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781611322835
  • 9781611322828
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NA7105 S74 2015
Contents:
Chapter 1. Social Archaeology and the Study of Architecture -- Section I. Initial Foundations : Theories and Methodologies in the Archaeology of Architecture -- Chapter 2. Choice Locations : The Power and Meaning of (First) Place(s) -- Chapter 3. Reading the House : Populations, Proxemics, and the Syntax of Space -- Section II. Scales of Architecture : from Mobile Home to Cityscape -- Chapter 4. The Mobile Architecture of Hunter-Gatherers and Nomadic Pastoralists -- Chapter 5. From First House to City Suburb -- Section III. Houses as Vessels of Social Institutions -- Chapter 6. House Societies and the Search for Kinship, Family, and Marriage in the Architectural Record -- Chapter 7. Household Archaeology and Architecture : Socioeconomy and Beyond -- Chapter 8. The Gendered House -- Section IV. Symbolism and the Built Environment -- Chapter 9. Architecture and Power -- Chapter 1. The Symbolic and the Sacred : The House and Beyond -- Postscript : Shingles on a Rooftop.
Summary: This volume is the first text to focus specifically on the archaeology of domestic architecture. Covering major theoretical and methodological developments over recent decades in areas like social institutions, settlement types, gender, status, and power, this book addresses the developing understanding of where and how people in the past created and used domestic space. It will be a useful synthesis for scholars and an ideal text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in archaeology and architecture. The book : covers the relationship of architectural decisions of ancient peoples with our understanding of social and cultural institutions ; includes cases from every continent and all time periods - from the Paleolithic of Europe to present-day African villages ; is ideal for the growing number of courses on household archaeology, social archaeology, and historical and vernacular architecture. Provided by publisher.
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Books Books Hollanda Araştırma Enstitüsü Kütüphanesi / Netherlands Institute in Turkey Library NA7105, S74 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Not For Loan 10533

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-378) and index.

Chapter 1. Social Archaeology and the Study of Architecture -- Section I. Initial Foundations : Theories and Methodologies in the Archaeology of Architecture -- Chapter 2. Choice Locations : The Power and Meaning of (First) Place(s) -- Chapter 3. Reading the House : Populations, Proxemics, and the Syntax of Space -- Section II. Scales of Architecture : from Mobile Home to Cityscape -- Chapter 4. The Mobile Architecture of Hunter-Gatherers and Nomadic Pastoralists -- Chapter 5. From First House to City Suburb -- Section III. Houses as Vessels of Social Institutions -- Chapter 6. House Societies and the Search for Kinship, Family, and Marriage in the Architectural Record -- Chapter 7. Household Archaeology and Architecture : Socioeconomy and Beyond -- Chapter 8. The Gendered House -- Section IV. Symbolism and the Built Environment -- Chapter 9. Architecture and Power -- Chapter 1. The Symbolic and the Sacred : The House and Beyond -- Postscript : Shingles on a Rooftop.

This volume is the first text to focus specifically on the archaeology of domestic architecture. Covering major theoretical and methodological developments over recent decades in areas like social institutions, settlement types, gender, status, and power, this book addresses the developing understanding of where and how people in the past created and used domestic space. It will be a useful synthesis for scholars and an ideal text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in archaeology and architecture. The book : covers the relationship of architectural decisions of ancient peoples with our understanding of social and cultural institutions ; includes cases from every continent and all time periods - from the Paleolithic of Europe to present-day African villages ; is ideal for the growing number of courses on household archaeology, social archaeology, and historical and vernacular architecture. Provided by publisher.

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