Mediterranean Families in Antiquity, Households, Extended Families, and Domestic Space by Huebner, Sabine R. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Table of Contents List of Contributors Foreword and Acknowledgments Part I: Introduction

1 A Mediterranean Family? A Comparative Approach to the Ancient World

The Family in the Mediterranean in Modern Times The Family in the Mediterranean in Antiquity Conclusions References

Part II: The Greek and Hellenistic World

2 Identifying Family Structures in Early Iron Age Crete

Introduction The Evidence from Vronda, Kavousi Kinship Structures in Bronze and Early Iron Age Crete Conclusions References

3 The Idea of Descent in Early Greek Kinship

Evidence for Early Iron Age Kinship Descent in Early Greek Thinking Descent and Kinship Grouping Descent and the Creation of Status References

4 The Role of the Extended Family in Exacting Blood Revenge in Classical Athens

Pylades and Orestes Vengeance for Kin at Athens Conclusion References Further Reading

5 Domestic Architecture in Ephesus from the Hellenistic Period to Late Antiquity

References

Part III: The Roman World

6 Traces of the Unfamiliar

Introduction The Vigiles of Ostia and the Transtiberim The Palace Slaves of Imperial Rome Conclusion References

7 Extended Families and Family Substitutes among Migrants in the Roman World

Delos Soldiers at Rome Conclusion References

8 Household Archaeology in Mediterranean Spain

Introduction Domestic Architecture and Early Iron Age Societies Domestic Architecture and Late Iron Age Societies House, Family and Community: The Path Toward Social Division References

The Mediterranean Identity of Egypt The Climate and the House Evidence in the Papyri The Sons of Psemonches: Families in the City of the Childbirth Goddess Conclusion References

10 Towards an Archaeology of Household Relationships in Roman Egypt

Introduction Theoretical Background: Households and Houses Methodology Discussion Conclusions References

11 Age Hierarchy and Social Networks among Urban Women in the Roman East

Early Christian Texts Employing Analogies for Women’s Worlds Older Women in 1 Timothy 5:3–16 Acts of Paul and Thecla References

12 Family Forms and Conflicts in Roman North Africa

Introduction Roman and Christian North Africa Family and Power I: The Family of Nubel, African Power Brokers in between Rome and the Desert Family and Power II: Power Struggles in the Vandal Royal House Conclusion Appendix References

Part IV: Late Antiquity

13 Extended Family in the Experiences of Ausonius and Libanius

Introduction: Setting the Problem Test Cases The Control Group: Immediate Family Paternal and Maternal Uncles and Aunts Other Extended Kin Conclusions References

14 Household and Family Dynamics in Late Antique Southern Gaul

Introduction Interpreting the Sources The Protagonists The Late Roman Family Ideal in Gaul Childcare in Early Years: Parents and Other Relatives Education and Educators in Later Childhood Years Family and Household: The Role of Servants Extended and Multiple Family Conclusions References

Part V: Outlook in Later Period of the Mediterranean

15 Missing Women in the Italian Middle Ages? Data and Interpretation

The Missing Females of Italy: Sex Ratio in Medieval Sources Hypotheses on the Invisibility of Females in Cemeteries Exposure, Oblation, Infanticide by Neglect A Meta-analysis of European Cemeteries: Data, Samples, and Results The Italian Peculiarity: Some Hypotheses Appendix: Death Sex Ratio and Mortality Levels References

16 Family Forms in Later Periods of the Mediterranean

Introduction The Search for a Mediterranean Family System in Modern Times Mediterranean or Southern Europe? In Search of the Ancient Roots of Modern Mediterranean Family Systems Conclusions References

Part VI: Conclusion

17 Reassessing the Premodern Mediterranean Family

Household Structures Patriarchy, Patrilineality and Patrilocality Extended Family Future Directions References

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