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1、TheArchaeologyofHouseholdActivitiesAsamediumfortheinvestigationofpasthouseholdbehaviour,housesaloneproduceaprescriptiveview.Documentarysourcesfordomesticbehaviourtendtoprovidespecificperspectivesandanecdotalevidenceonrelationshipsbetweenhouseholdmembers.TheArchaeologyofHouseholdAct

2、ivitiesexpandstheparametersofthisinvestigation,providingafullerunderstandingofchangingdomesticbehaviourthroughacriticalanalysisofthecompleterecordofhouseholdmaterialculture—thehouse,itscontentandtheirspatialrelationships.Thiseditedcollectionbringstogethercase-studiesofthehouseholdm

3、aterialculturefromlaterprehistoricperiods,includingpre-RomanBritain,ClassicMayan,Greek,Roman,colonialAustraliaandtheAmericas.Engagingwithrecentresearchindifferentbranchesofthearchaeologicaldiscipline,thebookexploresthearchaeologyofhouseholdstodevelopagreaterunderstandingofhousehold

4、structure.Theessaystakeanartefact-basedapproachtobothmaterialandtextualevidenceforhouseholdactivities,irrespectiveofgeographicalregion,andexplorehouseholdbehaviourthroughthedistributionofmaterialculture.Theoreticalissuesconcerningconceptsofhouseholdconstitutionarealsoaddressedandpr

5、ovidealessstructuredapproachtoissuesofspatial,genderandstatusorganization.TheArchaeologyofHouseholdActivitiesprovidesacomprehensiveandaccessiblestudyforundergraduatesandpostgraduatesintothematerialrecordofpasthouseholds,andisanessentialsourceforawiderunderstandingofourowndomesticde

6、velopment.PenelopeM.AllisonholdsaResearchFellowshipinArchaeologyattheUniversityofSydney,Australia.HermainresearchisconcernedwithRomanartandmaterialcultureinadomesticcontextandhouseholdarchaeologyofcolonialandpost-colonialAustralia.ContentsListoffiguresviiListoftablesixListofcontrib

7、utorsxPrefacexiiiChapterOneINTRODUCTION1PenelopeM.AllisonChapterTwoFORMATIONPROCESSESOFHOUSEFLOORASSEMBLAGES19VincentM.LaMottaandMichaelB.SchifferChapterThreeHOUSEHOLDARCHAEOLOGYANDCULTURALFORMATIONPROCESSES:EXAMPLESFROMTHECERÉNSITE,ELSALVADOR30BrianR.McKeeChapterFourDIGGINGHOUSES:

8、ARCHAEOLOGIESOFCLASSICALAN