Objects in context, objects in use : : material spatiality in late antiquity / / edited by Luke Lavan, Ellen Swift and Toon Putzeys ; with the assistance of Adam Gutteridge.

• TeilnehmendeR: Lavan, Luke.; Putzeys, Toon.; Swift, Ellen.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2007.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Late antique archaeology, v. 5; Late Antique Archaeology 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (754 p.)
• Notes: "The papers ... are derived from a meeting of Late antique archaeology held in Oxford in May 2004"--P. [ix].

This book promotes the study of material spatiality in late antiquity: not just the study of buildings, but of the people, dress and objects used within them, drawing on all available source material. It seeks to explore the material world as it was lived in late antiquity, in an interpretative inquiry, rather than simply describing the evidence that has survived until today. The volume presents a series of comprehensive bibliographic essays which provide an overview of relevant literature, along with discussions of the nature of the sources, of relevant approaches and field methods. The main section of the book explores domestic space, vessels in context, dress, shops and workshops, religious space, and military space. Synthetic papers drawing on a wide range of archaeological, art-historical and textual sources are complemented by case-studies of context-rich late antique sites in the East Mediterranean and elsewhere, including Pella, Dura-Europos, Scythopolis, and Sagalassos.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Materials / L. Lavan , E. Swift and T. Putzeys -- Material Spatiality In Late Antiquity: Sources, Approaches And Field Methods / Luke Lavan , Ellen Swift and Toon Putzeys -- Material Spatiality In Late Antiquity: An Introduction To The Bibliography / Luke Lavan and Toon Putzeys -- Domestic Space In Late Antiquity / Toon Putzeys -- Productive Space In Late Antiquity / Toon Putzeys -- Commercial Space In Late Antiquity / Toon Putzeys and Luke Lavan -- Political Space In Late Antiquity / Luke Lavan -- Social Space In Late Antiquity / Luke Lavan -- Religious Space In Late Antiquity / Luke Lavan -- Contextual Analysis At Sagalassos / Toon Putzeys , Marc Waelkens , Jeroen Poblome , Wim Van Neer , Bea De Cupere , Thijs Van Thuyne and Nathalie Kellens -- Households At Pella, Jordan: Domestic Destruction Deposits Of The Mid-8th C. / Alan Walmsley -- Keeping The Demons Out Of The House: The Archaeology Of Apotropaic Strategy And Practice In Late Antique Butrint And Antigoneia / John Mitchell -- The Archaeology Of Late Antique Dining Habits In The Eastern Mediterranean: A Preliminary Study Of The Evidence / Joanita Vroom -- The Modena Well-Hoards: Rural Domestic Artefact Assemblages In Late Antiquity / Sauro Gelichi -- Decorated Vessels: The Function Of Decoration In Late Antiquity / Ellen Swift -- Shopping, Eating, And Drinking At Dura-Europos: Reconstructing Contexts / J. A. Baird -- The Shops Of Scythopolis In Context / Elias Khamis -- An Unusual Structure On The Lycian Acropolis At Xanthos / Anne-Marie Manière-Lévêque -- Defining Personal Space: Dress And Accessories In Late Antiquity / Maria G. Parani -- The Impossible Art Of Dressing To Please: Jerome And The Rhetoric Of Dress / Mary Harlow -- Objects In Churches: The Testimony Of Inventories / Béatrice Caseau -- Furniture, Fixtures, And Fittings In Churches: Archaeological Evidence From Palestine (4th–8th C.) And The Role Of The Diakonikon / Vincent Michel -- Storing In The Church: Artefacts In Room I Of The Petra Church / Zbigniew T. Fiema -- Ordinary Objects In Christian Healing Sanctuaries / Béatrice Caseau -- Soldiers And Spaces: Daily Life In Late Roman Forts / Andrew Gardner -- Interpreting Finds In Context: Nicopolis And Dichin Revisited / Andrew Poulter -- Grappling With The Granary: Context Issues At Dichin / Pam Grinter -- Index / L. Lavan , E. Swift and T. Putzeys.