About the Book
This volume presents the papers of an international colloquium on the archaeology of houses and households in ancient Crete held in Ierapetra in May 2005. The 38 papers presented here range from a discussion of household activities at Final Neolithic Phaistos to the domestic correlates of "globalization" during the early Roman Empire. These studies demonstrate a variety of methodological approaches currently employed for understanding houses and household activities. Key themes include understanding the built environment in all of its manifestations, the variability of domestic organization, the role of houses and households in mediating social (and perhaps even ethnic) identity within a community or region, household composition, and of course, household activities of all types, ranging from basic subsistence needs to production and consumption at a suprahousehold level.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: K. Glowacki and N. Vogeikoff-Brogan, "Introduction: Approaches to the Study of Houses and Households in Ancient Crete"
Chapter 2: S. Di Tonto, "Evidence for Domestic Activities in the Final Neolithic Period at Phaistos"
Chapter 3: J. Atkinson, "A Small-Scale Reconstruction of the Settlement at Myrtos Phournou Koryphi"
Chapter 4: G. Cadogan, "Myrtos: From Phournou Koryphi to Pyrgos"
Chapter 5: J. Murphy, "The Individual, the Household, and the Community after Death in South-Central Crete during the Prepalatial and Protopalatial Periods"
Chapter 6: V. Lenuzza, "'The Whole is a Freak': A Reassessment of the Spatial Organization of the Oval House at Chamaizi, Siteia"
Chapter 7: I. Caloi, "Middle Minoan IB Houses at Phaistos: Function and Relationship to the Community Palace"
Chapter 8: L. Girella, "Bridging the Gap: The Function of the Houses and Residential Neighborhoods in the Middle Minoan III Period at Phaistos"
Chapter 9: I. Bradfer-Burdet and M. Pomadère, "?á at Malia: One or Two Houses?"
Chapter 10: M. Schmid, "Spatial Analysis of House ?a at Malia"
Chapter 11: N. Mavroudi, "Interpreting Domestic Space in Neopalatial Crete: A Few Thoughts on House II at Petras, Siteia"
Chapter 12: E. Mantzourani and G. Vavouranakis, "The Minoan Villas in East Crete: Households or Seats of Authority? The Case of Prophitis Ilias Praissou"
Chapter 13: L. Vokotopoulos, "A View of the Neopalatial Countryside: Settlement and Social Organization in the Area of Karoumes, Eastern Crete"
Chapter 14: L. Platon, "Studying the Character of the Minoan 'Household' within the Limits of the Neopalatial Settlement of Zakros"
Chapter 15: J. Lloyd, "The South House at Knossos: More than a House?"
Chapter 16: K. Christakis and G. Rethemiotakis, "Identifying Household Activities: The Case of House 2 at Galatas Pediada, Crete"
Chapter 17: T. Brogan and K. Barnard, "Household Archaeology at Mochlos: Statistical Recipes from the Late Minoan I Kitchen"
Chapter 18: L. V. Watrous and A. Heimroth, "The Household Industries of Late Minoan IB Gournia and Their Relation to the Socio-Economic Status of the Town"
Chapter 19: K. Christakis, "The Implications of Archaeological Deposit Formation Processes in the Study of the Domestic Sector of Late Minoan IB Society"
Chapter 20: E. Sikla, "The Elusive Domestic Shrine in Neopalatial Crete: On the Archaeological Correlates of Domestic Religion"
Chapter 21: L. Hitchcock, "Never Momentary, but Always Fluid and Flexible: Revisiting the Vernacular Tradition in Bronze Age Crete, Thera, and Cyprus"
Chapter 22: E. Hatzaki, "Defining 'Domestic' Architecture and 'Household' Assemblages in Late Bronze Age Knossos"
Chapter 23: S. Privitera, "Looking for a Home in a Houseless Town: Exploring Domestic Architecture in Final Palatial Ayia Triada"
Chapter 24: K. Kopaka, "On Caves and Households in Bronze Age Crete: 'Tis Ouranias to Froudi' Cave at Zakros"
Chapter 25: J. Driessen and H. Fiasse, "'Burning down the House': Defining the Household of Quartier Nu at Malia using GIS"
Chapter 26: R. Angus K. Smith, "Pottery in Domestic and Mortuary Contexts at Late Minoan III Mochlos: The Case of the Missing Kylikes"
Chapter 27: L. Day, "Household Assemblages in Late Minoan IIIC Crete: The Evidence from Karphi"
Chapter 28: S. Wallace, "Building Societies in Post-Collapse Crete: Tradition, Status Competition, and the Templates of Domestic and Special Buildings"
Chapter 29: M. Tsipopoulou, "Mycenaeanizing--or Not--at the End of the Bronze Age: Comparative Analysis of the "Megara" A.2 and A.3 with Houses B.1 and B.2 at Chalasmenos, Ierapetra"
Chapter 30: K. Nowicki, "When the House Becomes a Fortress"
Chapter 31: D. Haggis and M. Mook, "The Archaic Houses at Azoria"
Chapter 32: B. Erickson, "Public Feasts and Private Symposia in the Archaic and Classical Periods"
Chapter 33: F. Guizzi, "Houses in the Household I: Ownership and Use of Dwelling Places in Gortynian Inscriptions"
Chapter 34: S. Ferrucci, "Houses in the Household II: From Gortyn to Athens and Back"
Chapter 35: N. Vogeikoff-Brogan, "Domestic Assemblages from Trypitos, Siteia: Private and Communal Aspects"
Chapter 36: Ch. Sofianiou, "Loomweights: Use and Manufacture at Trypitos, Siteia"
Chapter 37: M. Baldwin Bowsky, "All in the Family: Forming Social and Economic Networks in Roman Crete"
Chapter 38: R. Sweetman, "Domus, Villa, and Farmstead: The Globalization of Crete"
About the Author :
Kevin T. Glowacki is Assistant Professor of Art and Architectural History at Texas A&M University.
Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan is Head Archivist at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
