Archaeology of Domestic Architecture and the Human Use of Space

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon R Steadman
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Architecture ◽  
Use Of Space ◽  
Human Use

The Hebridean Blackhouse on the Isle of Barra

2000 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
KEITH BRANIGAN ◽  
COLIN MERRONY
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Internal Space ◽  
Use Of Space ◽  
Large Families ◽  
Human Use

The Hebridean blackhouse is a well-known part of the eighteenth and nineteenth century landscape of the Western Isles, described by numerous early travellers and preserved for posterity at Arnol in Lewis. Survey and excavation of blackhouses on the Isle of Barra, however, suggests that here at least, the majority of blackhouses did not conform to the 'norm' of a long building with accommodation shared by animals and humans. Despite the large families of the Catholic population of Barra, the houses are shorter and provide less internal space than blackhouses further north in the island chain. Animals were more often housed in separate byres. Similarly, the human use of space in the Barra blackhouses shows some variations from the pattern described by nineteenth century sources. As to the origins of the blackhouse, unexcavated sites on Barra suggest two possible future routes of enquiry.

scholarly journals Susan Kent (ed.): Domestic Architecture and the Use of Space - An Interdisciplinary Cross-Cultural Study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bror Westman
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Study ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Domestic Architecture ◽  
Use Of Space ◽  
Cross Cultural Study

Susan Kent (ed.): Domestic Architecture and the Use of Space - An Interdisciplinary Cross-Cultural Study Anmeldes af Bror Westman

CAPPADOCIA’S ROCK-CUT COURTYARD COMPLEXES: A CASE STUDY FOR DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE IN BYZANTIUM

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 393-414
Author(s):  
Veronica Kalas
Keyword(s):  
Volcanic Rock ◽  
Domestic Architecture ◽  
Use Of Space ◽  
Art Historians ◽  
Extensive Information ◽  
Central Turkey

Until recently, our knowledge of the Byzantine house has been severely limited by the paucity of available evidence. In the last few years, however, surveys have been conducted in Cappadocia, central Turkey, where archaeologists and art historians working at separate sites recently realised that places formerly understood to be monasteries were actually domestic complexes of the rural elite.1 High above the Peristrema Valley in western Cappadocia, a medieval estate known as Selime Kalesi extends over 100 m in length along a cliff of volcanic rock. Once thought to be a monastery, this too is now recognised as one of a number of aristocratic domestic residences that provide our first extensive information about the Byzantine house. Selime Kalesi is the largest and most elaborate example in design and decoration of over a dozen similarly designed residences that belong to the same settlement. This especially prominent site offers an excellent case study for examining Byzantine domestic architecture and secular use of space.2

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