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Introduction

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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 July 2022

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Richard Alston ,
J. A. Baird  and
April Pudsey
Edited by
J. A. Baird  and
April Pudsey
J. A. Baird
Affiliation:
Birkbeck College, University of London
April Pudsey
Affiliation:
Manchester Metropolitan University
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Summary

This introduction probes the relationship between textual and material approaches to houses of the ancient Mediterranean. Drawing on the contributions to the volume, it traces some of the ways in which documentary and archaeological sources, and the relationships between these, have shaped our knowledge of the housing and households of the Graeco-Roman world.

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Classical archaeologyhousehold archaeologyGraeco-Roman housingcultural biographymicrohistory
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Housing in the Ancient Mediterranean World
Material and Textual Approaches
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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