Space, Movement, and Visibility in Pompeian Houses

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Figures
Tables
Preface and Acknowledgements
1. The problem of Pompeian houses
	Pompeian houses or \'the Roman house\'?
	The traditional architectural-developmental narrative
	Explaining room use
	Exploring the distribution of finds
	Roman houses as reflection of Roman society
	The impact of the \'spatial turn\'
	Re-populating Roman houses
	Visual impression and identity
	The symbolic significance of houses
	The role of actors and agency
	Conclusions
	Notes
2. Reconstructing activities in Roman (and Pompeian) houses
	Reconstructing Roman temporal patterns
		Roman hours of the day
	The daily life of the \'elite male\'
		Expanding the elite male\'s daily activities
	Other members of the household
	The materfamilias and other elite women
		Materfamilias as household manager
		Extensive financial dealings
		The celebrated task of wool working
		Afternoon activities of the elite female
		The cena
	Daily activities in the lives of slaves and others associated with the house
		Cleaning, fetching water, and removing rubbish
		The afternoon to evening meal
		Commercial endevours
		Household and agricultural production
		Freedmen, lodgers, and other dependents
	Children and the extended family
		Older children and elderly relatives
	Non-elite households
	Activities of the night
	Interruptions to the pattern
	Conclusions
	Notes
3. The analysis of domestic space
	Space syntax-inspired methodology
	Considering movement
		\'Extended\' mean depth (eMD) and access heatmaps
	The analysis of visibility
		GIS and visibility
		The effect of closed doorways
		Beyond space syntax
	The sample and sources employed
		Decoration, finds, and fixtures
		Finds and decoration in GIS
		Considerations concerning taphonomy and deposition
	Notes
4. Visitors, inhabitants, space, and power in Pompeian houses
	Elite reception in Pompeian houses
		The fauces-atrium-tablinum-peristyle axis revisited
		Power and the view from the front door
		Vistas from reception rooms
		Conflicting priorities: daily activity vs. elite display
		Vistas onto low-status activities
		\'Keeping up with the Julii\' - doorways and deceptions
	Considering the rest of the house
		Atria and peristyles
		Cubicula
		Locating sleeping
		Situating storage
	Kitchens, \'service areas\', and bath suites
		Centrally accessible kitchens
		Strategies for minimising the impact of kitchen-related nuisances
		Infrastructural efficiency between bath suites, kitchens, and toilets
	Tensions between form and function
		The impact of building inertia
	Notes
5. Case studies
	Casa di M. Fabius Amandius (I 7, 2.3) (Fig. 5.1)
		Excavated: 1911f, 1923ff
	Casetta di Roma (VI 16, 35) (Fig. 5.2)
		Excavated: 1904
	Casa del Principe di Napoli (VI 15, 7.8) (Fig. 5.3)
		Excavated: 1896f
	Casa di A. Trebius Valens (III 2, 1.a) (Fig. 5.4)
		Excavated: 1913, 1915f
	Casa di Julius Polybius (IX 13, 1-3) (Fig. 5.5)
		Excavated: 1913, 1970f
	Casa di M. Obellius Firmus (IX 14, 2.4.b) (Fig. 5.6)
		Excavated: 1888, 1905, 1910
	Conclusions
	Notes
6. Spatial-visual analysis and post-earthquake Pompeii
	Reconsidering earthquake disruption
		Evidence of disruption and continuity
	Building materials and persisting daily life
		Rebuilding as the only apparent priority
	Storage of salvaged items
	Other signs of disruption
	Case Studies
		The Casa di Julius Polybius
		The Casa di Trebius Valens
	Persistence or abandonment?
		Houses relinquished to restoration?
	Conclusions
	Notes
7. The spatial-visual analysis of wall painting
	Adapting spatial-visual analysis to the study of wall painting
		Numerical analysis - distribution across the categories
	Tracing the patterns of change
		Replacement or retention of earlier styles
		Changing priorities in the Fourth Style
	Measuring the experience of different classes of visitor
		The view of the household
	Conclusions
	Notes
8. Reflections on the spatial-visual study of Pompeian houses
	Spaces and activities
	Compromise and conflict
	An inherited architectural environment
	Extending methodology
	Conclusions
	Notes
Works cited and abbreviations
	Modern Sources
Index