Description:
This course will examine the material evidence, iconographic sources and ancient textual indications for domestic housing in Greece and Italy from the Early Iron Age through to Late Antiquity. This analysis will lead to wider issues concerning our understanding of the family, gender, slavery, and the public and private lives of Greek and Roman communities. An introduction to the technical analysis of the built-environment using Space Syntax programmes will be included.
Educational Aims:
An awareness of interdisciplinary research, its strengths and difficulties.
The potential of detailed excavation records for social reconstruction.
An appreciation of long-term study of a particular aspect of a past society.
Basic skills in Urban Spatial Analysis.
Method of Instruction:
Lecture course
Examination Form:
MA Students will undertake individual written assignments, two to be completed of minimal 3000 words. RMA Students will prepare presentations, later written-up as a longer essay of minimal 6000 words.
Basic Reading List:
Ault, B.A. and Nevett, L.C. (Eds.) (2005). Ancient Greek Houses and Households. Philadelphia
Hales, S. (2003). The Roman House and Social Identity. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.