Objects in Context, Objects in Use

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.

• Acknowledgements .. ixMaterial Spatiality in Late Antiquity: Sources, Approaches, and Field Methods .. 1Luke Lavan, Ellen Swift and Toon PutzeysBibliographic EssaysMaterial Spatiality in Late Antiquity: An Introduction to the Bibliography .. 45Luke Lavan and Toon PutzeysDomestic Space in Late Antiquity .. 49Toon PutzeysProductive Space in Late Antiquity .. 63Toon PutzeysCommercial Space in Late Antiquity .. 81Toon Putzeys and Luke LavanPolitical Space in Late Antiquity .. 111Luke LavanSocial Space in Late Antiquity .. 129Luke LavanReligious Space in Late Antiquity .. 159Luke LavanDomestic SpaceContextual Analysis at Sagalassos .. 205Toon Putzeys, Marc Waelkens, Jeroen Poblome, Wim van Neer, Bea de Cupere, Thijs van Thuyne and Nathalie KellensHouseholds at Pella, Jordan: Domestic Destruction Deposits of the Mid-8th c. .. 239Alan WalmsleyKeeping the Demons out of the House: the Archaeology of Apotropaic Strategy and Practice in Late Antique Butrint and Antigoneia .. 273John MitchellVessels in ContextThe Archaeology of Late Antique Dining Habits in the Eastern Mediterranean: A Preliminary Study of the Evidence .. 313Joanita VroomThe Modena Well-hoards: Rural Domestic Artefact Assemblages in Late Antiquity .. 363Sauro GelichiDecorated Vessels: The Function of Decoration in Late Antiquity .. 385Ellen SwiftShops and WorkshopsShopping, Eating and Drinking at Dura Europos: Reconstructing Contexts .. 413Jennifer BairdThe Shops of Scythopolis in Context .. 439Elias KhamisAn Unusual Structure on the Lycian Acropolis at Xanthos .. 473Anne-Marie Manière LévêqueDressDefining Personal Space: Dress and Accessories in Late Antiquity .. 497Maria ParaniThe Impossible Art of Dressing to Please: Jerome and the Rhetoric of Dress .. 531Mary HarlowReligious SpaceObjects in Churches: The Testimony of Inventories .. 551Béatrice CaseauFurniture, Fixtures, and Fittings in Churches: Archaeological Evidence from Palestine (4th–8th c.) and the Role of the Diakonikon .. 581Vincent MichelStoring in the Church: Artefacts in Room I of the Petra Church .. 607Zbigniew FiemaOrdinary Objects in Christian Healing Sanctuaries .. 625Béatrice CaseauMilitary SpaceSoldiers and Spaces: Daily Life in Late Roman Forts .. 657Andrew GardnerInterpreting Finds in Context: Nicopolis and Dichin Revisited .. 685Andrew PoulterGrappling with the Granary: Context issues at Dichin .. 707Pam Grinter