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Record Nr.

UNINA9910172215603321

Titolo

The archaeology of household activities / / edited by Penelope M. Allison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-134-62548-0

0-203-01492-8

1-280-33423-1

1-134-62549-9

0-203-25545-3

9786610334230

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 206 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans

Altri autori (Persone)

AllisonPenelope M. <1954->

Disciplina

643.09

930

930.1

Soggetti

Social archaeology

Dwellings

Households

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Formation processes of house floor assemblages / Vincent M. LaMotta, Michael B. Schiffer -- Household archaeology and cultural formation processes: examples from the CereĢn site, El Salvador / Brian R. McKee -- Digging houses: archaeologies of Classical and Hellenistic Greek domestic assemblages / Bradley A. Ault, Lisa C. Nevett -- Labels for ladles: interpreting the material culture of Roman households / Penelope M. Allison -- Mesoamerican house lots and archaeological site structure: problems of inference in Yaxca.

Sommario/riassunto

This pioneering collection engages with recent research in different areas of the archaeological discipline to bring together case-studies of the household material culture from later prehistoric and classical periods. The book provides a comprehensive and accessible study for students into the material records of past households, aiding wider



understanding of our own domestic development.