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Building the Bronze Age analyses Early Helladic III, Middle Helladic and Late Helladic I domestic architecture with reference to social organization and social change. This book covers domestic architecture from the southern and central Greek mainland up to southern Thessaly. Site-specific and regional developments are explored. The results are brought together to reconstruct architectural developments during Early Helladic III, Middle Helladic I–II and Middle Helladic III–Late Helladic I. This timeframe enables us to consider how a ‘simple’ society eventually developed into a society that was socially differentiated. Architectural patterns and changes are highlighted and especially related to social and economic circumstances. In addition, the symbolical aspects of some architectural features are also emphasized.

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Author:   Corien Wiersma
Publisher:   Archaeopress
Imprint:   Archaeopress Archaeology
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 4.00cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   2.157kg
ISBN:  

9781905739868

ISBN 10:   1905739869
Pages:   583
Publication Date:   27 June 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction ; Chapter 1 History of research ; Chapter 2 Theory and Methodology ; Chapter 3 EH III-LH I domestic architecture on the Greek Mainland ; Chapter 4 Architectural patterns and developments during EH III, MH and LH I ; Chapter 5 Discussion ; 5.4 Domestic architecture: the household perspective ; Chapter 6 Conclusions EH III-LH I architectural and social change ; Introduction to the catalogues ; Catalogue A Thessaly ; Catalogue B Phocis and Phthiotis ; Catalogue C Boeotia ; Catalogue D Euboea ; Catalogue E Attica ; Catalogue F Corinthia ; Catalogue G Argolid ; Catalogue H Laconia ; Catalogue J Messenia ; Catalogue K Elis ; Catalogue L Arcadia ; Catalogue M Achaia ; Lerna addendum ; Bibliography

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C. W. Wiersma is Lecturer at the Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. She specialises in Bronze Age ceramics and house architecture in the Mediterranean.

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