Houses and Households A Comparative Study
The author presents a large comparative database derived from ethnographic and architectural research in Southeast Asia, Egypt, Mesoamerica, and other areas; proposes new methodologies for comparative analyses of houses; and critically examines existing m
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Houses and Households A Comparative Study
RICHARD E. BLANTON Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana
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Blantan, RIchard E. Hauses and hausehalds : a ca.paratlve study I RIchard E. Blantan. p. c •• -- (Interdlsclpllnary cantrlbutlans ta archaealagy) Includes blbllagraphlcal references and Index.
ISBN 978-1-4899-0992-3 ISBN 978-1-4899-0990-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-0990-9
1. SocIal archaealagy. II. Ser les. CC72.4.B67 1993 930--dc20
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3. Hausehalds.
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Preface
This book reports on a comparative study of peasant households and their houses, based on an analysis of published ethnographic a
