Family space vs. community space from the perspective of settlements from the Lower Danube Region
Channel: Recording Archaeology
Date: 2017-01-24

The archaeological discoveries from 5th-10th centuries from the Lower Danube Region are numerous enough to sustain a discussion about what is family space and what can be considered the community space. This discussion is based on two concepts: house and settlement/village. The problem is what can we interpret as a house and what we can consider a settlement. Generally, the archaeological reports described only similar constructed structure, settlements from this time frame seeing to be monotonous and against a discussion like that we intend to provoke.
But, in fact, discussions like: how can we identify a house? (what are the arguments for); what is the habituated space? (it is only the pit in the cases of sunken building); what are the meanings of the objects discovered into the archaeological structure and how those can help us to understand the family space? can we definitely separate this space from the community one’s? where those spaces interact and where those are divergent, if they are? architectural differences between the structures of the same village can suggest us appurtenance to different spaces? are still important and, in our paper, we intend to propose some possible responses.

Author - Dr. Magureanu, Andrei Mircea, Institute of Archaeology Vasile Parvan, Bucharest, Romania (Presenting author)
Co-author(s) - Dr. Ciuperc , Bogdan, History and Archaeology Prahova County Museum, Ploie ti, Romania