Oikèma ou pièce polyvalente: recherches sur une installation commerciale de l’Antiquité grecque (Access Archaeology) - Softcover

Karvonis, Pavlos

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178491939X ISBN 13: 9781784919399

Publisher: Archaeopress Access Archaeology, 2018

Synopsis

This volume discusses the evolution of oikema, which is the most common type of commercial facility in ancient Greece. The study covers a large area including Continental Greece, the Aegean islands, the Ionian islands and the west coast of Asia Minor. The author, after a thorough analysis, proposes a new terminology for commercial and industrial facilities. The book also presents the architectural characteristics and the equipment of oikemata and discusses their location and relationship with other buildings. The ownership, use and maintenance of oikemata are also discussed. It is argued that oikemata provided merchants and craftsmen with a suitable working space and contributed to the gradual abandonment of houses as working places, especially in cities that developed in the Hellenistic period. Their characteristics corresponded perfectly well to the needs of Greek commerce.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Nomenclature

Le vocabulaire antique des installations commerciales

Les critères d’identification des pièces polyvalentes

L’apparition de la pièce polyvalente

Les activités attestées dans les pièces polyvalentes

Les caractéristiques des pièces polyvalentes

La gestion des pièces polyvalentes

Les pièces polyvalentes et l’organisation du commerce

Conclusion

Bibliographie

Index des lieux

Index des mots grecs

Index des auteurs anciens

Index des inscriptions

Origine des illustrations

About this title

About the Author

Pavlos Karvonis Studied Archaeology In Athens From 1994 To 1998. In 2000, He Finished His Masters Degree At The University Of Paris X-Nanterre And In 2004 He Defended A Thesis Entitled “Lieux Et Locaux De Vente Dans La Grèce Égéenne Du Ive Au Ier Siècle Av. J.-C.” At The Same University. In 2006, He Worked For The Archaeological Society At Athens, And Since 2007 He Has Been Working For The Academy Of Athens In The Tabula Imperii Romani Program. He Has Published Two Volumes On The Aegean Islands And Attica, And Has Published Several Articles On Commercial Architecture. He Is Also Preparing The Publications Of Two Commercial Buildings Located On The Western Shore Of The Island And Participates In A Research Programme On Stone And Its Use On Delos.

Edition details

• Publisher: Archaeopress Access Archaeology
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 178491939X
• ISBN 13: 9781784919399
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 136