Beyond the Walls
Beyond the Walls
New Perspectives on the Archaeology of Historical Households
“Thought-provoking and engaging, .crosscut time and space to consider the interrelationships between households and the wider regional and global networks in which their residents were enmeshed, presenting new insights relating to identity, consumerism, and modernity.”–Barbara J. Heath, coeditor of . Kevin R. Fogle | Mary C. Beaudry | Eleanor Conlin Casella | Jimena Cruz | Kirk French | Heather Gibson | Marika Hyttinen | Titta Kallio-Seppä | Kenneth G. Kelly | Markku Kuorilehto | Ritva Kylli | Sami Lakomäki | Diana DiPaolo Loren | Jade Luiz | Allison Manfra McGovern | Paul R. Mullins | James A. Nyman | Matthew C. Reilly | Melisa A. Salerno | Beverly A. Straube | Timo Ylimaunu | Andrés Zarankin
Archaeological studies of the household have proven to be a fruitful inquiry into this basic social unit. This volume expands this inquiry. . . . A useful volume presenting new and original essays.’—Historical Archaeology ‘Emphasize[s] the ways that intensive study of places where people lived, the activities they engaged in, and the material culture they used and discarded, sheds light on social relations, economic differences, and other social and historical processes. . . . An effective argument for the continued study of households by archaeologists.’—Choice
., professor of archaeology, anthropology, and gastronomy at Boston University, is the author of Findings: The Material Culture of Needlework and Sewing.
