Domestic architecture and the use of space : an interdisciplinary cross-cultural study /
Domestic architecture and the use of space : an interdisciplinary cross-cultural study /
edited by Susan Kent.
- 192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
- New directions in archaeology .
- New directions in archaeology. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-186) and index.
Activity areas and architecture : an interdisciplinary view of the relationship between use of space and domestic built environments / Susan Kent -- Systems of activities and systems of settings / Amos Rapoport -- Domestic space and the tenacity of tradition among some Betsileo of Madagascar / Susan Kus and Victor Raharijaona -- The built environment and consumer decisions / Richard R. Wilk -- Behavioral conventions and archaeology : methods for the analysis of ancient architecture / Donald Sanders -- Public collective and private space : a study of urban housing in Switzerland / Roderick J. Lawrence -- Domestic space in the Greek city-state / Michael H. Jameson -- A structuring structure : the Swahili house / Linda W. Donley-Reid -- A cross-cultural study of segmentation, architecture, and the use of space / Susan Kent -- Domestic space and social structure in pre-Columbian northern Peru / Garth Bawden.
"Domestic Architecture and the Use of Space investigates the relationship between the built environment and the organisation of space. The contributors are classical and prehistoric archaeologists, anthropologists and architects, who from their different backgrounds are able to provide some important and original insights into this relationship."--Publisher description.
0521381606 9780521381604
89035778
Dwellings--Cross-cultural studies
Space (Architecture)--Cross-cultural studies
Architecture and society--Cross-cultural studies
Archaeology and history
Ethnoarchaeology
GN414 / .D65 1990
728.01
Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-186) and index.
Activity areas and architecture : an interdisciplinary view of the relationship between use of space and domestic built environments / Susan Kent -- Systems of activities and systems of settings / Amos Rapoport -- Domestic space and the tenacity of tradition among some Betsileo of Madagascar / Susan Kus and Victor Raharijaona -- The built environment and consumer decisions / Richard R. Wilk -- Behavioral conventions and archaeology : methods for the analysis of ancient architecture / Donald Sanders -- Public collective and private space : a study of urban housing in Switzerland / Roderick J. Lawrence -- Domestic space in the Greek city-state / Michael H. Jameson -- A structuring structure : the Swahili house / Linda W. Donley-Reid -- A cross-cultural study of segmentation, architecture, and the use of space / Susan Kent -- Domestic space and social structure in pre-Columbian northern Peru / Garth Bawden.
"Domestic Architecture and the Use of Space investigates the relationship between the built environment and the organisation of space. The contributors are classical and prehistoric archaeologists, anthropologists and architects, who from their different backgrounds are able to provide some important and original insights into this relationship."--Publisher description.
0521381606 9780521381604
89035778
Dwellings--Cross-cultural studies
Space (Architecture)--Cross-cultural studies
Architecture and society--Cross-cultural studies
Archaeology and history
Ethnoarchaeology
GN414 / .D65 1990
728.01