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Résumé :
This collection of papers, arising from the conference series Late Antique Archaeology, examines material spatiality in late antiquity. Synthetic papers drawing on archaeological, art-historical and textual sources, are complemented by case-studies of sites, an introductory essay, and several bibliographic essays....

Biographie:
Luke Lavan is Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Kent, Canterbury. His doctorate (2001) considered Provincial Capitals in Late Antiquity. He has edited conference volumes on late antique urbanism, the countryside and historical methodology, and is series editor of Late Antique Archaeology.

Ellen Swift is Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Kent, Canterbury. She has particular interests in artefact studies, late Roman dress, and Roman art. Her forthcoming book on Roman decoration is to be published by Ashgate.

Toon Putzeys works for the Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project of the Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven. His doctorate (2006) considered Contextual Analysis at Sagalassos, a classical city with important late antique levels in the mountains of South-West Turkey.

Sommaire:
Acknowledgements .. ix Material Spatiality in Late Antiquity: Sources, Approaches, and Field Methods .. 1 Luke Lavan, Ellen Swift and Toon Putzeys Bibliographic Essays Material Spatiality in Late Antiquity: An Introduction to the Bibliography .. 45 Luke Lavan and Toon Putzeys Domestic Space in Late Antiquity .. 49 Toon Putzeys Productive Space in Late Antiquity .. 63 Toon Putzeys Commercial Space in Late Antiquity .. 81 Toon Putzeys and Luke Lavan Political Space in Late Antiquity .. 111 Luke Lavan Social Space in Late Antiquity .. 129 Luke Lavan Religious Space in Late Antiquity .. 159 Luke Lavan Domestic Space Contextual Analysis at Sagalassos .. 205 Toon Putzeys, Marc Waelkens, Jeroen Poblome, Wim van Neer, Bea de Cupere, Thijs van Thuyne and Nathalie Kellens Households at Pella, Jordan: Domestic Destruction Deposits of the Mid-8th c. .. 239 Alan Walmsley Keeping the Demons out of the House: the Archaeology of Apotropaic Strategy and Practice in Late Antique Butrint and Antigoneia .. 273 John Mitchell Vessels in Context The Archaeology of Late Antique Dining Habits in the Eastern Mediterranean: A Preliminary Study of the Evidence .. 313 Joanita Vroom The Modena Well-hoards: Rural Domestic Artefact Assemblages in Late Antiquity .. 363 Sauro Gelichi Decorated Vessels: The Function of Decoration in Late Antiquity .. 385 Ellen Swift Shops and Workshops Shopping, Eating and Drinking at Dura Europos: Reconstructing Contexts .. 413 Jennifer Baird The Shops of Scythopolis in Context .. 439 Elias Khamis An Unusual Structure on the Lycian Acropolis at Xanthos .. 473 Anne-Marie Maniere Leveque Dress Defining Personal Space: Dress and Accessories in Late Antiquity .. 497 Maria Parani The Impossible Art of Dressing to Please: Jerome and the Rhetoric of Dress .. 531 Mary Harlow Religious Space Objects in Churches: The Testimony of Inventories .. 551 Beatrice Caseau Furniture, Fixtures, and Fittings in Churches: Archaeological Evidence from Palestine (4th-8th c.) and the Role of the Diakonikon .. 581 Vincent Michel Storing in the Church: Artefacts in Room I of the Petra Church .. 607 Zbigniew Fiema Ordinary Objects in Christian Healing Sanctuaries .. 625 Beatrice Caseau Military Space Soldiers and Spaces: Daily Life in Late Roman Forts .. 657 Andrew Gardner Interpreting Finds in Context: Nicopolis and Dichin Revisited .. 685 Andrew Poulter Grappling with the Granary: Context issues at Dichin .. 707 Pam Grinter