Title |
Domestic architecture and the use of space : an interdisciplinary cross-cultural study / edited by Susan Kent. |
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Imprint |
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990 |
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Female Library
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GN414 D65 1990 |
Available |
Description |
192 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. |
Series |
New directions in archaeology
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-186) and index . |
Contents |
Activity areas and architecture : an interdisciplinary view of the relationship between use of space and domestic built environments / Susan Kent -- Systems of activities and systems of settings / Amos Rapoport -- Domestic space and the tenacity of tradition among some Betsileo of Madagascar / Susan Kus and Victor Raharijaona -- The built environment and consumer decisions / Richard R. Wilk -- Behavioral conventions and archaeology : methods for the analysis of ancient architecture / Donald Sanders -- Public collective and private space : a study of urban housing in Switzerland / Roderick J. Lawrence -- Domesticspace in the Greek city-state / Michael H. Jameson -- A structuring structure : the Swahili house / Linda W. Donley-Reid. |
Subject |
Dwellings -- Cross-cultural studies
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Space (Architecture) -- Cross-cultural studies
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Archaeology and history
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Ethnoarchaeology
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Added Author |
Kent, Susan 1952-
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ISBN |
0521445779 (pbk.) |
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