Household and city organization at Olynthus

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This book explains the relationships between house and city, between household and community, as they were worked out in practice at Olynthus in northern Greece. This polis was occupied for a short period of time, for eighty-four years at the most, and was then violently destroyed, leaving tens of t...

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Main Author: Cahill, Nicholas
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2002
Subjects:
City planning > Greece > Olynthus (Extinct city)
Dwellings > Greece > Olynthus (Extinct city)
Olynthus (Extinct city) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1: Greek City Planning in Theory and Practice
  • Chapter 2: History and Archaeology at Olynthus
  • Chapter 3: The Houses Described
  • Chapter 4: The Houses Organized
  • Chapter 5: The Organization of Blocks
  • Chapter 6: The Economies of Olynthus
  • Appendix 1: Cluster Analysis of Room Areas, Five-Cluster Solution
  • Appendix 2: Sales Inscriptions from Olynthus
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Illustration Credits
  • General Index
  • Index of Houses and Buildings, Blocks, Trenches, and Streets

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