Households in Context

Caitlín Eilís Barrett is Associate Professor of Classics at Cornell University. She is the author of Domesticating Empire and Egyptianizing Figurines from Delos.Jennifer Carrington has a PhD from Cornell University and is an archaeologist with a focus in museum and educational outreach.

It would make a great addition to any university library and would benefit classical archeologists, religious historians, and Egyptologists alike.(Religious Studies Review)

• Introduction: Houses, Households, and Homes: Toward an Archaeology ofDwellingHouseholds in Spatial Context: Settlements, Neighborhoods, and Urbanism1. Egyptian Houses in Their Urban and Environmental Contexts: Some Case Studies of the Roman and Late Roman Periods2. Neighborhood Networks: The Civic and Social Organization of Accessways in Ancient Karanis3. The Tower Houses of the Hellenistic Period: A Solution to the Urban Pressure within Egyptian Towns and VillagesHouseholds in Social Context: Families, Individuals, and Communities4. The Papyrus Trail: Houses and Households in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt5. Habitatio: Transfer of Houses and Rights of Residence in Roman Egypt6. Unsafe Houses in Greco-Roman Egypt: Forms and Locations of ViolenceHouseholds in Practice: Production, Consumption, and Discard7. Modes of Production and Reproduction in Roman-Era Egyptian Villages8. Domestic Discard: The Making and Unmaking of Romano-Egyptian HousesHouseholds in Cosmic Context: Religion and Ritual9. Figurines and the Material Culture of Domestic Religion10. The Supernatural Vulnerabilities of Domestic Space in Late Antique Egypt: Perspectives from the "Magical" CorpusExpanding the Household: Dwelling Practices in Monastic and Military Contexts11. Three Monks and a House: The Archaeology of Monastic Houses in Byzantine EgyptDomestic Activities in Alternative Settings: The Ptolemaic Fort at Bi'r Samut, EgyptAfterwords: Perspectives from Pharaonic Egypt and the Classical World1. Greco-Roman Households in Pharaonic Perspective2. Contextualizing Houses, Households, and Homes in the Classical World and Beyond