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Architecture and Order: Approaches to Social Space Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Parker Pearson, Michael (Editor), Richards, Colin (Editor)
ISBN: 0415157439     ISBN-13: 9780415157438
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $52.20  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 1997
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Architecture is a powerful medium for representing, ordering and classifying the world; understanding the use of space is fundamental to archaeological inquiry. "Architecture and Order" draws on the work of archaeologists, social theorists and architects to explore the way in which people relate to the architecture which surrounds them.
The contributors discuss the development of an archaeological language used to describe architecture's symbolic use of space and to further define the discipline's interaction with not only architecture but also anthropology. Topics discussed include Neolithic houses and tombs; perceptions of architecture, space and time; defining domestic space in the bronze age; women in Greek households; the Roman domestic setting; Swahili architecture; and spatial order and psychiatric disorder.
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Archaeology
- Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning
Dewey: 720.103
LCCN: 97008884
Series: Material Cultures
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.23 lbs) 260 pages
 
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Architecture is a powerful medium for representing, ordering and classifying the world, and understanding the use of space is fundamental to archaeological inquiry. Architecture and Order draws on the work of archaeologists, social theorists and architects to explore the way in which people relate to the architecture which surrounds them. In many societies, houses and tombs have encoded cultural meanings and values which are invoked and recalled through the practices of daily life.
Chapters include explorations of the early farming r archi*eye of Europe, from before the use of metals, to the Classical and Medieval worlds of the Mediterranean and Europe. Research of the recent past and present include an overview of hunter-gatherers' camp organization, a reassessment of the use of space amongst the Dogon of West Africa and an examination of mental disorders relating to the use of space in Britain. The volume goes beyond the implication that culture determines form to develop an approach that integrates meaning and practice.