The Excavations at Ancient Halieis, Vol. 2

Download or read book The Excavations at Ancient Halieis, Vol. 2 written by Marian Holland McAllister and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2005-11-24 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the organization and contents of five houses at Halieis. It is based on the structure of each house and its contents and includes detailed room-by-room analyses of the excavated finds. From this it expands into a general consideration of the Greek household and domestic economy, topics of growing interest among archaeologists. In particular, it considers division of labor within the household and the allocation of domestic space for men and women.