Author : Stella G. Souvatzi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781107684843
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)
Book Synopsis A Social Archaeology of Households in Neolithic Greece by : Stella G. Souvatzi
Download or read book A Social Archaeology of Households in Neolithic Greece written by Stella G. Souvatzi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of households and everyday life is increasingly recognized as fundamental in social archeological analysis. This volume is the first to address the household as a process and as a conceptual and analytical means through which we can interpret social organization from the bottom up. Using detailed case studies from Neolithic Greece, Stella Souvatzi examines how the household is defined socially, culturally, and historically; she discusses household and community, variability, production and reproduction, individual and collective agency, identity, change, complexity, and integration. Her study is enriched by an in-depth discussion of the framework for the household in the social sciences and the synthesis of many anthropological, historical, and sociological examples. It reverses the view of the household as passive, ahistorical, and stable, showing it instead to be active, dynamic, and continually shifting.