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Houses and Households
A Comparative Study, Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
ISBN/EAN: 9780306444449
Umbreit-Nr.: 1580863
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: xiv, 272 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 31.12.1993
- Zusatztext
- Inhaltsangabe1 - Introduction.- 2 - A Comparative Method.- 3 - Household Social Reproduction and the Canonical Communication of Habitus.- 4 - Indexical and Social Boundary Communication.- 5 - A Macroregional Approach.- 6 - Conclusion.- Appendixes.- References.
- Kurztext
- Presents a comparative database derived from ethnographic and architectural research in Southeast Asia, Egypt and Mesoamerica. This work proposes different methodologies for comparative analyses of houses. It systematizes comparative and cross-cultural approaches to the study of households and their environments.