Episode 89 - The Dirt Stays Home
Like most of you, we've been staying at home for the past several weeks, so we thought--what better way to distract our listeners from their households than a look at other people's households! Anna and Amber talk about how archaeologists' concept of "house" and "home" and "living space" has shifted over the years, and take a look at some ancient examples of home life.
To learn more:
The Archaeology of Household: An Introduction (via ResearchGate)
Processual Archaeology (ThoughtCo)
Post-Processual Archaeology (ThoughtCo)
Archaeological houses, households, housework and the home (via ResearchGate)
Syllabus - ARCH 2320 Household Archaeology in the Ancient Near East and Beyond
Household Studies in Complex Societies (Oriental Institute Seminars)
A Child's House: Social Memory, Identity, and the Construction of Childhood in Early Postclassic Mexican Households (American Anthropologist)
Gender, Social Networks, and Labor Disputes: Household Archaeology at the Industrial Mine Camp (DU Digital Commons)
Colorado Coal Field War Project (University of Denver)
Photo credit: Anna!