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Domestic architecture and the use of space : an interdisciplinary cross-cultural study / edited by Susan Kent.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New directions in archaeologyPublisher: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990Description: 192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0521381606
  • 9780521381604
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 728.01
LOC classification:
  • GN414 .D65 1990
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 728.01 DOM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A078980B

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.

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