Mesopotamia. Rivista di archeologia, epigrafia e storia orientale antica. XXXIV-XXXV. 1999-2000

P. Brusasco:
Family Archives and the Social Use of Space in Old Babylonian Houses at Ur

Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction

I. Establishing a social typology of Ur houses
- Introduction
- The building types and their social meaning
- Buildings belonging to the Simple Scheme
- Buildings belonging to the Agglutinate Scheme
- Buildings belonging to the Hierarchic Scheme
- Conclusions
II. Residential patterns and family structures in Ur houses
- Introduction
- The data sets
- The analytical method
Part 1. The organisation of the archaeological data base
Living rooms
'Ritual' spaces ('chapels')
Production and consumption of food
Courtyards
Storage and utility/workrooms
Lavatories and hygienic conditions
Upper floor rooms
Boundary spaces: entrances
Buildings with non-domestic functions
Conclusions
Part 2. Relations between activity settings: network map analysis
The Ur houses in ethnographic perspective
Conclusions

III. The Ur family archives in anthropological perspective
Introduction
- An anthropological view
- Archives from nuclear family houses
- Archives from extended family houses with internal social inequality and broad business activities
- Archives from extended family houses with internal social inequality and restricted business activities
- Archives from extended family houses with internal social equality and broad business activities
Conclusions

IV. Conclusions
- Examining the conclusions of network chart and ethnographic analyses against the textual evidence
- Family structures and patterns of their distribution across Ur sites
- Prospects for future research
- Bibliography
- Appendix 3.1. The archives from EM site at Ur: text findspot analysis
- Appendix 3.2. The archives from AH site at Ur: findspot analysis of tablets and other finds
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- List of Appendices

E. Rova:
A Tentative Synchronisation of the Local Late Chalcolithic Ceramic Horizons of Northern Syro-Mesopotamia

R. Parapetti, Rajiha Mrawuih Ibrahim:
Documents of Cultural Heritage in Baghdad: Traditional Houses in al-Kraimat Quarter

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