IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 1737: The Lives of Others: Tracing Differing Social Classes in the Archaeological Record
Thursday 6 July 2017, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Durham University |
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| Organisers: | Paschalis Makrogiannelis, Department of Archaeology, Durham University Panayiotis Panayides, Independent Scholar, Nicosia |
| Moderator/Chair: | James Corke-Webster, Department of Classics & Ancient History, Durham University |
| Paper 1737-a | Encroachment, 'Squatters', and Artisanal Activities in Late Antique Cyprus (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Archaeology - Sites, Architecture - General, Architecture - Secular |
| Paper 1737-b | The Bread of Life: Ovens as Indicators of Displaced Populations on 7th-Century Cyprus (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Byzantine Studies, Daily Life |
| Paper 1737-c | Private Art Assemblages in Late Antique Northern Peloponnese through the Prism of Changing Economic Realities and Social Stratification (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Architecture - Secular, Art History - Decorative Arts, Economics - General |
| Abstract | The lives of the upper social classes are often detected archaeologically through their luxurious residences, their wealthy implements that survived in time. The aim of this session is to explore the lives of others, groups or minorities that ranked lower in the social hierarchy, in the eastern Mediterranean during Late Antiquity. By elaborating on the presence of art in private premises, on evidence of changing living or working conditions in successive settings, and on the existence of poorly made bread ovens within Christian sanctuaries, the papers attempt to trace differing social classes and their attitudes in the archaeological record; at the same time, the ambiguity of archaeological recording is acknowledged. |