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Index
Cover
Half Title
Dedication
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1. Social Archaeology and the Study of Architecture
Introduction: Foundations
Social Archaeology and the Study of Architecture
About This Book
Section I: Initial Foundations:Theories and Methodologies in the Archaeology of Architecture
CHAPTER 2. Choice Locations: The Power and Meaning of (First) Place(s)
First Explorations: The Archaeology of Landscape
Earliest Settlements: Practical Matters
Settling the Sacred Landscape
Settling with Family: Ancestral Landscapes
Conclusion: Landscapes Untouched
CHAPTER 3. Reading the House: Populations, Proxemics, and the Syntax of Space
How Many People? Estimating Ancient Populations
Semiotics: Syntax and the Built Environment
Proxemics: Human Spatial Organization and Architecture
Limiting Space: Privacy and Access
Conclusion
Section II: Scales of Architecture:From Mobile Home to Cityscape
CHAPTER 4. The Mobile Architecture of Hunter-Gatherers and Nomadic Pastoralists
The Mobile Life of Hunter-Gatherers
Interpreting Social Institutions from Hunter-Gatherer Architecture
The Mobile Life of Nomadic Pastoralists
Interpreting Social Institutions from Pastoral Nomadic Architecture
Conclusion
CHAPTER 5. From First House to City Suburb
Settlement and Its Impact
Tent to House: First Settled Homes
From Sedentism to City
Urbanism: Living in the Suburbs
Conclusion
Section III: Houses as Vessels of Social Institutions
CHAPTER 6. House Societies and the Identification of Kinship, Family, and Marriage in the Architectural Record
House Society
Marriage, Kinship, and Family
Conclusion
CHAPTER 7. Household Archaeology and Architecture: Socioeconomy and Beyond
Origins and Development of the Household Archaeology Field
Household Archaeology and the Architectural Record
Household Archaeology, Architecture, and Socioeconomy
Households: Determining Rank, Status, and Wealth Differentiation
The Social Household
Conclusion
CHAPTER 8. The Gendered House
Gendered Spaces
The Sexual Division of Labor: Gendered Work Spaces
The Architecture of Sexual Seclusion and Segregation
Gender and Status
Conclusion
Section IV: Symbolism and the Built Environment
CHAPTER 9. Architecture and Power
Locating Power Structures in the Archaeological Record
Expressions of Power in the Domestic Sphere
Power beyond the House: The Public Sphere
Architecture and the Transfer of Power
Conclusion
CHAPTER 10. The Symbolic and Sacred: The House and Beyond
Ancient Humans, Ancient Religion
Beyond (?) the House
Rituals and Sacred Spaces in the Dwelling
The Ancestral House
The House as Embodiment of Cosmos and Ritual Landscape
Conclusion
POSTSCRIPT: Shingles on a Rooftop
References
Index
About the Author
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