Domestic Architecture and the Use of Space: An Interdisciplinary Cross-Cultural Study (Paperback)

Susan Kent

ISBN 10: 0521445779 / ISBN 13: 9780521445771

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1993

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Paperback. Domestic Architecture and the Use of Space investigates the relationship between the built environment and the organisation of space. The contributors are classical and prehistoric archaeologists, anthropologists and architects, who from their different backgrounds are able to provide some important and original insights into this relationship. This text investigates the relationship between the built environment and the organization of space. The contributors are classical and prehistoric archaeologists, anthropologists, and architects, who form their different backgrounds are able to provide some important and original insights into this relationship. They explore the fundamental role of culture as expressed in technology, symbolism, sociopolitical organization and economics, and draw on case studies from past and present groups in North America, South America, Africa, and elsewhere. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Domestic Architecture and the Use of Space: An Interdisciplinary Cross-Cultural Study (Paperback)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521445779
• ISBN 13: 9780521445771
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Domestic Architecture and the Use of Space investigates the relationship between the built environment and the organisation of space. The contributors are classical and prehistoric archaeologists, anthropologists and architects, who from their different backgrounds are able to provide some important and original insights into this relationship.

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This text investigates the relationship between the built environment and the organization of space. The contributors are classical and prehistoric archaeologists, anthropologists, and architects, who form their different backgrounds are able to provide some important and original insights into this relationship. They explore the fundamental role of culture as expressed in technology, symbolism, sociopolitical organization and economics, and draw on case studies from past and present groups in North America, South America, Africa, and elsewhere.