Architecture and Order: Approaches to Social Space (Material Cultures) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415157439 ISBN 13: 9780415157438

Publisher: Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

xii + 248pp, pls & figs, card, 8vo

About this title

Synopsis:

Architecture is a powerful medium for representing, ordering and classifying the world; meaning may be created and reworked by defining symbolic boundaries, analogues and metaphors. For over a decade archaeologists have been using concepts of the symbolic use of space, but as yet there is no single study of this field, or its interaction with architecture and anthropology. The contributions to this volume range from studies of hunter-gatherer camp organization to the use of space in classical and medieval worlds. As well as archaeological case studies, there are contributions exploring aspects of social, psychiatric and architectural theory.

About the Author:

Michael Parker Pearson is Lecturer in Archaeology and Prehistory at the University of Sheffield and was formerly an Inspector of Ancient Monuments for English Heritage. Colin Richards is Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Glasgow.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0415157439
• ISBN 13: 9780415157438
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260
• Editor: Parker Pearson Michael, Richards Colin