Title & Author:

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

Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Description:

192 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Series:

New directions in archaeology

Notes:
Includes index.
Bibliographical references: pages 172-186.
1. Activity areas and architecture : an interdisciplinary view of the relationship between use of space and domestic built environments / Susan Kent -- 2. Systems of activities and systems of settings / Amos Rapoport -- 3. Domestic space and the tenacity of tradition among some Betsileo of Madagascar / Susan Kus, and Victor Rahijaona -- 4. The built environment and consumer decisions / Richard R. Wilk -- 5. Behavioral conventions and archaeology : methods for the analysis of ancient architecture / Donald Sanders -- 6. Public collective and private space : a study of urban housing in Switzerland / Roderick J. Lawrence -- 7. Domestic space in the Greek city-state / Michael H. Jameson -- 8. A structuring structure : the Swahili house / Linda W. Donely-Reid -- 9. A cross-cultural study of segmentation, architecture and the use of space / Susan Kent -- 10. 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 organization 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. They explore the fundamental role of culture as expressed in technology, symbolism, sociopolitical organization and economics, and draw on case studies from past and present groups in North America, South America, Africa, and elsewhere. Book jacket."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0521381606
9780521381604
0521445779 (paperback)
9780521445771

Subject:

Dwellings Cross-cultural studies.
Space (Architecture) Cross-cultural studies.
Architecture and society Cross-cultural studies.
Archaeology and history.
Ethnoarchaeology.
Habitations Études transculturelles.
Espace (Architecture) Études transculturelles.
Architecture et société Études transculturelles.
Archéologie et histoire.
Ethnoarchéologie.
historical archaeology.
ethnoarchaeology.
Architecture and society
Dwellings
Space (Architecture)
Arquitectura Aspectes socials.
Arquitectura domèstica.
Etnoarqueologia.
Urbanisme Assaigs, conferències, etc.
Architecture Social aspects Cross-cultural studies.

Form/genre:

Cross-cultural studies

Added entries:

Kent, Susan, 1952-2003.
Kent, Susan.
New directions in archaeology.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 56937
Call No.: ID:90-B5239
Status: Available