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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Architecture and order
    sub title: approaches to social space
  name:
    name part: Parker Pearson, Michael
    name part: 1957-
  name:
    name part: Richards, Colin
    name part: 1953-
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 1994
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  abstract: We take the built environment for granted, yet we create worlds of meaning through the buildings we construct. Architecture is a powerful medium for representing, ordering and classifying the world. For over a decade archaeologists have been using concepts of the symbolic use of space, but until now there has been no single study of this field, or its interaction with architecture and anthropology. Architecture and Order draws together the work of anthropologists, psychologists, social theorists, architects and archaeologists to explore people's relationships with their architecture. In many societies, houses and tombs have encoded cultural meanings and values which are invoked and recalled through the practices of daily and ritual life. Case studies include the early farming communities of Europe, from before the use of metals, to the Classical and medieval worlds of the Mediterranean and Europe. Studies of the recent past and present include an overview of hunter-gatherers' camp organisation, a reassessment of the use of space amongst the Dogon of West Africa and an examination of mental disorders relating to the use of space in Britain. The book goes beyond the implication that culture determines form to develop an approach which integrates meaning and practice. Architecture and Order is a new approach to the examination of archaeological evidence. It will be essential reading for students of archaeology, anthropology and cultural studies, and will also appeal to students of history and psychology.
  note: [edited by Michael Parker Pearson and Colin Richards].
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Architecture and society
  subject:
    topic: Architects and community
  subject:
    topic: Space (Architecture)
  subject:
    topic: Civilization, Ancient
  subject:
    topic: Civilization, Medieval
  classification: NA2543.S6 A6273 1994
  classification: 720/.1/03
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Material cultures
  identifier: 0415067286
  identifier: 9780415067287
  identifier: 93018491
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 930210
    record change date: 20151001073616.0
    record identifier: in00001165055