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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.

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.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

A catalog record for this book has been requested

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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