TY - CHAP
T1 - Households at Pella, Jordan
T2 - domestic destruction deposits of the mid-8th C.
AU - Walmsley, Alan
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The excavation of 6 courtyard houses at Pella in the Jordan Valley, destroyed in a massive earthquake in the mid-8th c. A.D., provides an exceptional opportunity to study a wide range of objects from daily life within a secure archaeological context. The recovery of detailed information about the layout of buildings and the contextual origin of the many domestic objects recovered permit a full reconstruction of life in the household, especially the use of space. Generally, the upstairs area served as the primary living quarters, whereas the ground floor was used to house valuable domestic animals and for light workshop activities.
AB - The excavation of 6 courtyard houses at Pella in the Jordan Valley, destroyed in a massive earthquake in the mid-8th c. A.D., provides an exceptional opportunity to study a wide range of objects from daily life within a secure archaeological context. The recovery of detailed information about the layout of buildings and the contextual origin of the many domestic objects recovered permit a full reconstruction of life in the household, especially the use of space. Generally, the upstairs area served as the primary living quarters, whereas the ground floor was used to house valuable domestic animals and for light workshop activities.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84967212169&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1163/ej.9789004165502.i-742.69
DO - 10.1163/ej.9789004165502.i-742.69
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84967212169
SN - 9789047433057
T3 - Late Antique Archaeology
SP - 239
EP - 272
BT - Objects in context, objects in use
A2 - Lavan, Luke
A2 - Swift, Ellen
A2 - Putzeys, Toon
PB - Brill Academic Publishers
CY - Leiden ; Boston
ER -