Identifying domestic space in Neolithic Eastern Mediterranean : method and theory in spatial studies
The aim of the present thesis is to investigate the way in which space, in particular ~bounded~ space, such as dwellings, was conceptualised, divided and used in the Neolithic Eastern Mediterranean, and from a methodological point of view, to examine the degree up to which current archaeological research and the information it provides, is sufficient to deal with these kind of issues. In order to understand better the evolution of spatial studies in archaeology, one needs to turn to the history of the discipline itself. This calls for an examination of the ways in which the archaeological record has been perceived by different schools of thought in archaeology, as well as the questions that it has been called upon to answer in each particular period. Chapter 1 attempts to do precisely that. Additionally, it outlines the position that is taken up by the present thesis, and emphasises the importance of both a contextual and crosscultural approach to the material. Chapter 2 investigates in more detail developments in spatial studies, and discusses the difficulties of dealing with the fragmentary nature of the archaeological record, while at the same time stresses their potential for further research. Chapter
Papaconstantinou, Demetra
Identifying domestic space in Neolithic Eastern Mediterranean : method and theory in spatial studies. The aim of the present thesis is to investigate the way in which space, in particular ~bounded~ space, such as dwellings, was conceptualised, divided and used in the Neolithic Eastern Mediterranean, and from a methodological point of view, to examine the degree up to which current archaeological research and the information it provides, is sufficient to deal with these kind of issues. In order to understand better the evolution of spatial studies in archaeology, one needs to turn to the history of the discipline itself. This calls for an examination of the ways in which the archaeological record has been perceived by different schools of thought in archaeology, as well as the questions that it has been called upon to answer in each particular period. Chapter 1 attempts to do precisely that. Additionally, it outlines the position that is taken up by the present thesis, and emphasises the importance of both a contextual and crosscultural approach to the material. Chapter 2 investigates in more detail developments in spatial studies, and discusses the difficulties of dealing with the fragmentary nature of the archaeological record, while at the same time stresses their potential for further research. Chapter
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