Introduction: Between Words and Walls: Material and Textual Approaches to Housing in the Graeco-Roman World

Richard Alston; Jennifer Baird; April Pudsey

Introduction: Between Words and Walls: Material and Textual Approaches to Housing in the Graeco-Roman World

Richard Alston, Jennifer Baird, April Pudsey

Department of Classics

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Abstract

Introduction to the volume which considers the methodological problems of working on the housing of the ancient world. The problem centres on the relationship between the evidence of texts and archaeology. The article also surveys the historiography of the issue and looks at the contributions of the volume.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Housing in the Ancient Mediterranean World
Subtitle of host publication	Material and Textual Approaches
Editors	Jennifer Baird, April Pudsey
Place of Publication	Cambridge and New York
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	1-26
Number of pages	27
ISBN (Print)	9781108845267
Publication status	Published - 2022

Keywords

Housing
Ancient
Mediterranean
Methodology

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Spaces of Desire: Houses, Households, and Social Reproduction in the Roman world
Alston, R., 2022, Housing in the Ancient Mediterranean World: Material and Textual Approaches. Baird, J. & Pudsey, A. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 442-69 27 p. 14
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Housing in the Ancient Mediterranean World: Material and Textual Approaches. ed. / Jennifer Baird; April Pudsey. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022. p. 1-26.

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Introduction: Between Words and Walls: Material and Textual Approaches to Housing in the Graeco-Roman World

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Keywords

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Spaces of Desire: Houses, Households, and Social Reproduction in the Roman world

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