A Social Archaeology of Households in Neolithic Greece: An Anthropological Approach

Author:   Stella G. Souvatzi (Dr)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   332
Publication Date:   26 May 2014
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A Social Archaeology of Households in Neolithic Greece: An Anthropological Approach


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Author:   Stella G. Souvatzi (Dr)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.580kg
ISBN:  

9781107684843


ISBN 10:   1107684846
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   26 May 2014
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Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

1. The household in the social sciences; 2. The household as process in a social archaeology; 3. The Neolithic of Greece; 4. The ideal and the real: the examples of Early Neolithic Nea Nikomedeia and Middle Neolithic Sesklo; 5. Complexity is not only about hierarchy: Late Neolithic Dimini, a detailed case study in household organisation; 6. Homogeneity or diversity? Households as variable processes; 7. Evolution or contingency? Households as transitional processes; 8. Household and beyond: implications and prospects for social archaeology.

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'This is a useful book that adds much to our current understandings of the household. It will be of interest to those studying the Neolithic and to those interested in the variable nature of housing and households more generally.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review 'This book makes an important contribution both to our understanding of the Greek Neolithic and household archaeology and is part of a welcome growing trend.' Cambridge Archaeological Journal 'Souvatzi provides conceptual guidance on understanding the behavioural patterns of the early settlers of the region and offers suggestions for future research in other regions using her alternative interpretations of household.' European Journal of Archaeology ... this is a useful book that adds much to our current understandings of the household. It will be of interest to those studying the Neolithic and to those interested in the variable nature of housing and households more generally. --BMCR ...this book does make an important contribution both to our understanding of the Greek Neolithic and household archaeology and is part of a welcome growing trend. -Craig Cessford, Cambridge Archaeological Journal ...Souvatzi provides conceptual guidance on understanding the behavioural patterns of the early settlers of the region and offers suggestions for future research in other regions using her alternative interpretations of household. -Gunes Duru, European Journal of Archaeology archaeology and the methods appropriate to it.


... this is a useful book that adds much to our current understandings of the household. It will be of interest to those studying the Neolithic and to those interested in the variable nature of housing and households more generally. --BMCR ...this book does make an important contribution both to our understanding of the Greek Neolithic and household archaeology and is part of a welcome growing trend. -Craig Cessford, Cambridge Archaeological Journal ...Souvatzi provides conceptual guidance on understanding the behavioural patterns of the early settlers of the region and offers suggestions for future research in other regions using her alternative interpretations of household. -Gunes Duru, European Journal of Archaeology archaeology and the methods appropriate to it.


Author Information

Stella G. Souvatzi is Lecturer in Hellenic Civilization at the Hellenic Open University in Athens, Greece. A scholar of Neolithic Greece, she has conducted extensive fieldwork in Greece and has received support from the Hellenic State Scholarship Foundation, the A. G. Leventis Foundation, and the Institute for Aegean Prehistory. She has published widely on households, houses and communities in the British School at Athens Studies and in several edited collections.

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