Archaeology of domestic architecture and the human use of space /

"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 und...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Steadman, Sharon R. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, Inc., [2015]
Subjects:	Architecture, Domestic > History. Space (Architecture) > History. Architecture, Ancient. Dwellings > History. Household archaeology. Social archaeology. Civilization, Ancient. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential. ARCHITECTURE / History / Ancient & Classical. Architecture, Domestic. Dwellings. Space (Architecture) History.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Social Archaeology and the Study of Architecture 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 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 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 Symbolism and the Built Environment
Chapter 9: Architecture and Power
Chapter 10: The Symbolic and the Sacred : The House and Beyond
Postscript: Shingles on a Rooftop.