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Reading Space: Social Interaction and Identity in the Houses of Roman Pompeii: A syntactical approach to the analysis and interpretation of built space
Mark Grahame
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Starting as an examination of space in Roman Pompeii, the author soon found the sheer architectural fabric of the city at odds with the rather simplistic explanations for it offered in the academic literature. This prompted a more rigorous exploration of the definition of 'built space' and an ultimate goal of highlighting the diversity of housing in Pompeii and offering a new interpretation of its meaning. In an attempt to broach the archaeological question of how we can come to understand human social action from a contemplation of built space, the author turned equally to the disciplines of architecture and anthropology, before realizing the need to develop his own interpretative framework. What follows is a study which takes as its point of departure the fabric of Pompeian housing, with a theoretical understanding of the relationship between construction and human society, and, as such, reaches out beyond Roman Archaeology to touch anyone interested in the analysis and interpretation of built space. Contains 99 pages of ground plans, access maps, and tables of spatial analyses.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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LIST OF FIGURES
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LIST OF TABLES
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PREFACE
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INTRODUCTION. The Walls Will Tell Me Nothing
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PART ONE. THEORY AND METHOD FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF BUILT SPACE
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CHAPTER ONE. Space and Spatiality
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CHAPTER TWO. Architecture, Knowledge and Power
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CHAPTER THREE. The Language of Space
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CHAPTER FOUR. Reading Spatial Layouts
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PART TWO. THE HOUSES OF POMPEII: A CASE STUDY
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CHAPTER FIVE. Pompeii and Access Analysis
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CHAPTER SIX. Locating the Syntaxes
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CHAPTER SEVEN. Space and Social Interaction
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CHAPTER EIGHT. Social Networks, Power and Identity
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CHAPTER NINE. Image and Reality
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EPILOGUE. The Walls Will Tell Me Something
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GLOSSARY
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APPENDIX ONE. Ground Plans and Access Maps
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APPENDIX TWO. Tables of Data
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APPENDIX THREE. Results
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REFERENCES
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Published: 2000
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407352275 (ebook)
- 9781841710860 (paperback)
BAR Number: S886