| Housing in Late Antiquity: From Palaces to Shops Contributor(s): Lavan (Editor), Özgenel (Editor), Sarantis (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004162283 ISBN-13: 9789004162280 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $201.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: This collection of papers, arising from the conference series Late Antique Archaeology, examines the housing in the late antique period, through thematic and regional syntheses, complemented by cases studies and two bibliographic essays. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Customs & Traditions - Art | History - Ancient & Classical - History | Ancient - Greece |
| Dewey: 392.360 |
| Series: Late Antique Archaeology |
| Physical Information: 1.28" H x 6.77" W x 9.6" (3.08 lbs) 556 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines a number of themes relating to housing in Late Antiquity. Two extensive bibliographic essays provide an overview of published literature relating to housing in this period. A selection of thematic essays focus on episcopia, lighting, privacy vs. public access, and building regulations. These are complemented by regional syntheses covering Spain and Africa and case studies of recently investigated urban houses from across the Mediterranean, from Gaul to Jordan. Whilst being firmly based in Late Antiquity, the volume also looks forward to Middle Byzantine and Early Islamic housing, with papers on rock-cut houses in Cappadocia and a wealthy dar from Pella in Jordan, destroyed by earthquake, with its inhabitants inside, in A.D. 749. |