Title Objects in context, objects in use : material spatiality in late antiquity / edited by Luke Lavan, Ellen Swift and Toon Putzeys ; with the assistance of Adam Gutteridge

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 741 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Late antique archaeology, 1570-6893 ; v. 5 Late antique archaeology ; v. 5. 1570-6893 Contents Material spatiality in Late Antiquity: sources, approaches, and field methods -- Material spatiality in Late Antiquity: an introduction to the bibliography -- Domestic space in Late Antiquity -- Productive space in Late Antiquity -- Commercial space in Late Antiquity -- Political space in Late Antiquity -- Religious space in Late Antiquity -- Contextual analysis at Sagalassos -- Households at Pella, Jordan: domestic destruction deposits of the Mid-8th c. -- Keeping the demons out of the house: the archeology of apotropaic strategy and practice in Late Antique Butrint and Antigoneia -- The archeology of Late Antiquie dining habits in the Eastern Mediterranean: a preliminary study of the evidence -- The Modena Well-hoards: rural domestic artefact assemblages in Late Antiquity -- Decorated vessels: the function of decoration in Late Antiquity -- Shopping, eating and drinking at Dura Europos: reconstructing contexts -- The shops of Scythopolis in context -- An unusual structure on the Lycian Acropolis at Xanthos -- Defining personal space: dress and accessories in Late Antiquity -- The impossible art of dressing to please: Jerome and the rhetoric of dress -- Objects in churches: the testimony of inventories -- Furniture, fixtures, and fittings in churches: archaeological evidence from Palestine (4th-8th c.) and the role of the Diakonikon -- Storing in the church: artefacts in Room I of the Petra Church -- Ordinary objects in Christian healing sanctuaries -- Soldiers and spaces: daily life in Late Roman forts -- Interpreting finds in context: Nicopolis and Dichin revisited -- Grappling with the granary: context issues at Dichin Summary This book promotes the study of material spatiality in late antiquity: not just the study of buildings, but of the people, dress and objects used within them, drawing on all available source material Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Dwellings -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- Congresses Housing -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- Congresses Architecture, Ancient -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- Congresses Cities and towns, Ancient -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- Congresses HISTORY -- Ancient -- General. Antiquities Architecture, Ancient Cities and towns, Ancient Dwellings Housing Manners and customs Ruimte (algemeen) Materiële cultuur. Sociale aspecten. Archeologische aspecten. Late oudheid. Vroege middeleeuwen. SUBJECT Mediterranean Region -- Antiquities -- Congresses Mediterranean Region -- Social life and customs -- Congresses Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 476 -- Congresses Subject Mediterranean Region Middellandse-Zeegebied. Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings History Form Electronic book Author Lavan, Luke. Swift, Ellen. Putzeys, Toon. ISBN 9789047433057 904743305X

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