House and Society in the Ancient Greek World

Informationen zum Autor Lisa Nevett is a Lecturer in Classical Studies at The Open University. Klappentext An archaeological study of the nature of Greek households during the Classical and Hellenistic periods. Zusammenfassung This 1999 archaeological study considers traditional assumptions about social relationships in Greek households during the Classical and Hellenistic periods. It focuses on the domestic organisation of individual households! gender relations! and their links with outsiders and with the wider social structures of the city state! and how these changed with time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Domestic space and ancient Greek society; 2. Approaches to the material record; 3. From pots to people: towards a framework for interpreting the archaeological material; 4. The city of Olynthos: a detailed case-study in domestic organisation; 5. Olynthos in context: houses in northern, central and southern Greece and the Aegean Islands; 6. Regional patterns in domestic organisation: Greek houses from Sicily and southern Italy; 7. House and society in the ancient Greek world.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Nevett, Lisa C Nevett, Lisa C. Nevett, Lisa C. (University of Michigan Nevett
• Assisted by: Clive Gamble (Editor), Colin Renfrew (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.05.2001
• EAN: 9780521000253
• ISBN: 978-0-521-00025-3
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: New Studies in Archaeology
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology