Mediterranean families in antiquity: households, extended families, and domestic space

Title Page......Page 5
Copyright Page......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
List of Contributors......Page 9
Foreword and Acknowledgments......Page 13
Part I Introduction......Page 15
  The Family in the Mediterranean in Modern Times......Page 17
  The Family in the Mediterranean in Antiquity......Page 23
  Conclusions......Page 32
  References......Page 33
Part II The Greek and Hellenistic World......Page 41
  The Evidence from Vronda, Kavousi......Page 43
  Kinship Structures in Bronze and Early Iron Age Crete......Page 50
  References......Page 53
 Chapter 3 The Idea of Descent in Early Greek Kinship......Page 58
  Evidence for Early Iron Age Kinship......Page 59
  Descent in Early Greek Thinking......Page 61
  Descent and Kinship Grouping......Page 64
  Descent and the Creation of Status......Page 70
  References......Page 74
 Chapter 4 The Role of the Extended Family in Exacting Blood Revenge in Classical Athens......Page 79
  Pylades and Orestes......Page 80
  Vengeance for Kin at Athens......Page 85
  Conclusion......Page 89
 Chapter 5 Domestic Architecture in Ephesus from the Hellenistic Period to Late Antiquity......Page 93
  References......Page 103
Part III The Roman World......Page 107
  Introduction......Page 109
  The Vigiles of Ostia and the Transtiberim......Page 111
  The Palace Slaves of Imperial Rome......Page 122
  Conclusion......Page 132
  References......Page 133
 Chapter 7 Extended Families and Family Substitutes among Migrants in the Roman World......Page 135
  Delos......Page 136
  Soldiers at Rome......Page 144
  References......Page 148
  Introduction......Page 151
  Domestic Architecture and Early Iron Age Societies......Page 153
  Domestic Architecture and Late Iron Age Societies......Page 158
  House, Family and Community: The Path Toward Social Division......Page 162
  References......Page 163
  The Mediterranean Identity of Egypt......Page 168
  The Climate and the House......Page 171
  Evidence in the Papyri......Page 175
  The Sons of Psemonches: Families in the City of the Childbirth Goddess......Page 178
  Conclusion......Page 183
  References......Page 184
  Introduction......Page 188
  Theoretical Background: Households and Houses......Page 190
  Methodology......Page 193
  Discussion......Page 211
  Conclusions......Page 212
  References......Page 214
  Early Christian Texts......Page 218
  Employing Analogies for Women’s Worlds......Page 221
  Older Women in 1 Timothy 5:3–16......Page 226
  Acts of Paul and Thecla......Page 228
  References......Page 230
  Introduction......Page 235
  Roman and Christian North Africa......Page 237
  Family and Power I: The Family of Nubel, African Power Brokers in between Rome and the Desert......Page 242
  Family and Power II: Power Struggles in the Vandal Royal House......Page 246
  Conclusion......Page 248
  References......Page 250
Part IV Late Antiquity......Page 255
  Introduction: Setting the Problem......Page 257
  Test Cases......Page 260
  The Control Group: Immediate Family......Page 262
  Paternal and Maternal Uncles and Aunts......Page 264
  Other Extended Kin......Page 266
  Conclusions......Page 268
  References......Page 269
  Introduction......Page 272
  Interpreting the Sources......Page 273
  The Protagonists......Page 275
  The Late Roman Family Ideal in Gaul......Page 277
  Childcare in Early Years: Parents and Other Relatives......Page 280
  Education and Educators in Later Childhood Years......Page 285
  Family and Household: The Role of Servants......Page 286
  Extended and Multiple Family......Page 288
  Conclusions......Page 291
  References......Page 293
Part V Outlook in Later Period of the Mediterranean......Page 297
  The Missing Females of Italy: Sex Ratio in Medieval Sources......Page 299
  Hypotheses on the Invisibility of Females in Cemeteries......Page 302
  Exposure, Oblation, Infanticide by Neglect......Page 304
  A Meta-analysis of European Cemeteries: Data, Samples, and Results......Page 308
  The Italian Peculiarity: Some Hypotheses......Page 313
  Appendix: Death Sex Ratio and Mortality Levels......Page 318
  References......Page 320
  Introduction......Page 324
  The Search for a Mediterranean Family System in Modern Times......Page 325
  Mediterranean or Southern Europe?......Page 328
  In Search of the Ancient Roots of Modern Mediterranean Family Systems......Page 330
  Conclusions......Page 333
  References......Page 334
Part VI Conclusion......Page 339
 Chapter 17 Reassessing the Premodern Mediterranean Family......Page 341
  Household Structures......Page 344
  Patriarchy, Patrilineality and Patrilocality......Page 345
  Extended Family......Page 347
  Future Directions......Page 349
  References......Page 351
Index......Page 352
EULA......Page 371