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- Title
SPACE AND SOCIAL COMPLEXITY IN GREECE FROM THE EARLY IRON AGE TO THE CLASSICAL PERIOD.
- Authors
Westgate, Ruth
- Abstract
This article explores ways in which the increasing segmentation and specialization of domestic space in central and western Greece in the 8th- 4th centuries B.C. relate to social complexity. Segmentation served to differentiate between members of a household, introducing different patterns in the use of space, both between men and women and between free and slave. The need for physical boundaries and architecturally specialized rooms intensified as the size and heterogeneity of communities increased, and stronger cues in the built environment were needed to ensure that behavioral conventions were observed. Other factors contributing to the increase in rooms include social stratification and economic specialization.
- Subjects
GREECE; HISTORY of architectural design; ARCHITECTURE &; society; SPACE (Architecture); ARCHITECTURAL details
- Publication
Hesperia, 2015, Vol 84, Issue 1, p47
- ISSN
0018-098X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2972/hesperia.84.1.0047