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Author Baird, Jennifer A., 1978- author.

Title The inner lives of ancient houses : an archaeology of Dura-Europos / J.A. Baird
Edition First edition
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 395 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Contents 1. Excavating Dura-Europos : from field to archive -- 2. The houses of Dura-Europos -- 3. The Roman military presence in the houses of Dura-Europos -- 4. Everyday life in Roman Dura-Europos : household activities -- 5. Assembling identities at Dura-Europos -- 6. The houses of Dura-Europos : a biographical approach
Summary Dura-Europos, on the Syrian Euphrates, is one of the best preserved and most extensively excavated sites of the Roman world. This is the first study to consider the houses of the site as a whole, integrating architecture, artefacts, and textual evidence, and examining ancient daily life and cultural interaction
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Architecture, Domestic -- Syria -- Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Syria -- Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
Architecture, Domestic
Buildings
Civilization
Excavations (Archaeology)
Social conditions
SUBJECT Dura-Europos (Extinct city) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Dura-Europos (Extinct city) -- Social conditions
Dura-Europos (Extinct city) -- Civilization
Subject Syria -- Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
Form Electronic book
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