Allison, Penelope M., 1954- author.

Pompeian households : an analysis of material culture / Penelope M. Allison.

Los Angeles : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2004.

xvii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Monograph ; 42

Studies of Pompeian material culture have traditionally been dominated by art historical approaches, but recently there has been a renewed and burgeoning interest in Pompeian houses for studies of Roman domestic behaviour. This book is concerned with contextualised Pompeian household artefacts and their role in deepening understanding of household behaviour at Pompeii. It consists of a study of the contents of thirty so-called atrium houses in Pompeii to investigate the spatial distribution of household activities, both within each architectural room type and across the house. It also uses this material to investigate the state of occupancy of these houses at the time of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.

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Material culture Italy Pompeii (Extinct city)
Furniture, Ancient Italy Pompeii (Extinct city)
Architecture, Domestic Italy Pompeii (Extinct city)
Culture matérielle Italie Pompéi (Ville ancienne)
Meubles anciens Italie Pompéi (Ville ancienne)
Architecture domestique antique Italie Pompéi (Ville ancienne)
15.34 classical archaeology.
Architecture, Domestic
Furniture, Ancient
Manners and customs
Material culture
Ausstattung
Haushalt
Materiële cultuur.
Huishoudingen.
Bouwkunst.
Archeologische vondsten.
Material culture Italy Pompeii.
Architecture, Domestic Italy Pompeii.
Pompeii (Extinct city) Social life and customs.
Pompéi (Ville ancienne) Mœurs et coutumes.
Italy Pompeii (Extinct city)
Pompeji
Pompeii.

Monograph (University of California, Los Angeles. Institute of Archaeology) ; 42.

Location: Library main 243356
Call No.: DG70.P7 A645 2004
Status: Available