The archeology of different areas from the ancient Greek world informs us about different aspects of the ancient Greeks lives as well as ancient greek culture. The archeology of burials inform us about ancient greek culture, rituals, and ceremonies in relation to the death of warriors, leaders, the elite and so on. On the other hand, the archeology of the Greek house and city in contrast to burials informs us about identities in relation to society and culture, activities that took place in the household , and family structure and status.
The archeology of the greek house informs us of some important activities that took place within the greek home. Stansbury states that small weights found in several rooms of an Olynthos house “suggest …show more content…
During the final Geometric early archaic era houses became more elaborate and now had multiple rooms and were rectangular rather than ovial-apsidal forms (Bintliff, 262). The Geometric house had a public outside face where it was easy for people to see a family's activities and interactions. While the Archaic house had a closed entrance that led to a private yard that cut the family off from public access and gaze (Bintliff, 262) The new house plan shows how families are changing from being in a more open house where there could be more interaction with those around them as well as more access for those around them to view their family to being shielded from direct contact with others and having more privacy and security (Bintliff, 262). Bintliff states that this could be because families are now busy with internal social and economic activities. Moreover, from the archeology of the household the family's status in society can be determined. If a house had an andron then that suggests the residents were probably of an elite status since androns were typically uses for symposion which required slave or servant service and occasionally had entertainment. In addition, if a house was more complexly built and contained nicer items than the majority of houses then that suggests that the residents may have had an elite status in society. Thus, from the archeology of the house we learn about family structure as well as status in society since from the way the home is built we know whether the occupants were elite or commoners and the change from public to private for the areas where family interaction would take place shows us more focus on family
The archeology of the greek house informs us of some important activities that took place within the greek home. Stansbury states that small weights found in several rooms of an Olynthos house “suggest …show more content…
During the final Geometric early archaic era houses became more elaborate and now had multiple rooms and were rectangular rather than ovial-apsidal forms (Bintliff, 262). The Geometric house had a public outside face where it was easy for people to see a family's activities and interactions. While the Archaic house had a closed entrance that led to a private yard that cut the family off from public access and gaze (Bintliff, 262) The new house plan shows how families are changing from being in a more open house where there could be more interaction with those around them as well as more access for those around them to view their family to being shielded from direct contact with others and having more privacy and security (Bintliff, 262). Bintliff states that this could be because families are now busy with internal social and economic activities. Moreover, from the archeology of the household the family's status in society can be determined. If a house had an andron then that suggests the residents were probably of an elite status since androns were typically uses for symposion which required slave or servant service and occasionally had entertainment. In addition, if a house was more complexly built and contained nicer items than the majority of houses then that suggests that the residents may have had an elite status in society. Thus, from the archeology of the house we learn about family structure as well as status in society since from the way the home is built we know whether the occupants were elite or commoners and the change from public to private for the areas where family interaction would take place shows us more focus on family