Pompeian households : an analysis of material culture /

Studies of Pompeian material culture have traditionally been dominated by art historical approaches, but recently there has been a renewed and burgeoning interest in Pompeian houses for studies of Roman domestic behaviour. This book is concerned with contextualised Pompeian household artefacts and t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Allison, Penelope Mary
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Los Angeles : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles, ©2004.
Series:Monograph (University of California, Los Angeles. Institute of Archaeology) ; 42.
Subjects:
Material culture > Italy > Pompeii (Extinct city)
Furniture, Ancient > Italy > Pompeii (Extinct city)
Architecture, Domestic > Italy > Pompeii (Extinct city)
Culture matérielle > Italie > Pompéi (Ville ancienne)
Meubles anciens > Italie > Pompéi (Ville ancienne)
Architecture domestique antique > Italie > Pompéi (Ville ancienne)
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
Architecture, Domestic
Furniture, Ancient
Manners and customs
Material culture
Ausstattung
Haushalt
Materiële cultuur.
Huishoudingen.
Bouwkunst.
Archeologische vondsten.
Pompeii (Extinct city) > Social life and customs.
Pompéi (Ville ancienne) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Italy > Pompeii (Extinct city)
Pompeji
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Considering Pompeian house contents
  • Nature of the evidence
  • Data collection and interpretative procedures
  • Functions of finds and fixtures
  • Room use according to architectural type
  • Distribution of household activities
  • Textual nomenclature for spaces
  • Conditions before and after the eruption in AD 79.

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