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The Archaeology of
Household Activities
As a medium for the investigation of past household behaviour, houses alone produce a
prescriptive view. Documentary sources for domestic behaviour tend to provide specific
perspectives and anecdotal evidence on relationships between household members.
The
Archaeology of Household Activities
expands the parameters of this investigation, providing a fuller
understanding of changing domestic behaviour through a critical analysis of the complete
record of household material culture—the house, its content and their spatial relationships.
This edited collection brings together case-studies of the household material culture from
later prehistoric periods, including pre-Roman Britain, Classic Mayan, Greek, Roman, colonial
Australia and the Americas. Engaging with recent research in different branches of the
archaeological discipline, the book explores the archaeology of households to develop a greater
understanding of household structure. The essays take an artefact-based approach to both
material and textual evidence for household activities, irrespective of geographical region, and
explore household behaviour through the distribution of material culture. Theoretical issues
concerning concepts of household constitution are also addressed and provide a less structured
approach to issues of spatial, gender and status organization.
The Archaeology of Household Activities
provides a comprehensive and accessible study for
undergraduates and postgraduates into the material record of past households, and is an essential
source for a wider understanding of our own domestic development.
Penelope M.Allison
holds a Research Fellowship in Archaeology at the University of Sydney,
Australia. Her main research is concerned with Roman art and material culture in a domestic
context and household archaeology of colonial and post-colonial Australia.
The Archaeology of
Household Activities
Edited by Penelope M.Allison
London and New York
First published 1999 by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002.
Selection and editorial matter © 1999 Penelope M.Allison
Individual chapters © 1999 individual contributors
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or
by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including
photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in
writing from the publishers.
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ISBN 0-415-18052-X (HB)
ISBN 0-415-20597-2 (PB)
ISBN 0-203-01492-8 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-203-20070-5 (Glassbook Format)
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