Objects in context, objects in use
Subtitle: material spatiality in late Antiquity
By: edited by Luke Lavan ... [t al.].
Contributors: Lavan, Luke.
Series: Late antique archaeology -- 5
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 741
ISBN-13: 9789004165502
Subjects: Dwellings -- Mediterranean Region -- History; Housing -- Mediterranean Region -- History; Architecture, Ancient -- Mediterranean Region -- History; Cities and towns, Ancient -- Mediterranean Region -- History; Mediterranean Region -- Antiquities; Mediterranean Region -- Social life and customs; Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 476
Description: "This book promotes, the study of material spatiality in Late Antiquity: not just the study of buildings. but of the people, dress and objects used within them, drawing on all available source material. It seeks to explore the material world as it was lived in late antiquity, in an interpretative inquiry, rather than simply describing the evidence that has survived until today. The volume presents a series of comprehensive bibliographic essays which provide all overview of relevant literature, along with discussions of the nature of the sources, of relevant approaches and field methods."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.