{"product_id":"mediterranean-families-in-antiquity-isbn-9781119143697","title":"Mediterranean Families in Antiquity","description":"This comprehensive study of families in the Mediterranean world spans the Bronze Age through Late Antiquity, and looks at families and households in various ancient societies inhabiting the regions around the Mediterranean Sea in an attempt to break down artificial boundaries between academic disciplines. \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword and Acknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 A Mediterranean Family? A Comparative Approach to the Ancient World 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSabine R. Huebner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The Greek and Hellenistic World 27\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Identifying Family Structures in Early Iron Age Crete 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeslie Preston Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Idea of Descent in Early Greek Kinship 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmily Varto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Role of the Extended Family in Exacting Blood Revenge in Classical Athens 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFiona McHardy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Domestic Architecture in Ephesus from the Hellenistic Period to Late Antiquity 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelmut Schwaiger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Roman World 93\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Traces of the Unfamiliar: Epigraphic Evidence for Extended Families on the Margins in Roman Italy 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Keegan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Extended Families and Family Substitutes among Migrants in the Roman World 121\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Noy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Household Archaeology in Mediterranean Spain: Family Forms from Iberia to Hispania 137\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eXurxo M. Ayán Vila\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Egypt as Part of the Mediterranean? Domestic Space and Household Structures in Roman Egypt 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSabine R. Huebner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Towards an Archaeology of Household Relationships in Roman Egypt 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnna Lucille Boozer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Age Hierarchy and Social Networks among Urban Women in the Roman East 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMona Tokarek LaFosse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Family Forms and Conflicts in Roman North Africa 221\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKai Haase and Roland Steinacher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Late Antiquity 241\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Extended Family in the Experiences of Ausonius and Libanius 243\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeoffrey Nathan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Household and Family Dynamics in Late Antique Southern Gaul 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Laes and Ville Vuolanto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Outlook in Later Period of the Mediterranean 283\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Missing Women in the Italian Middle Ages? Data and Interpretation 285\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrene Barbiera, Maria Castiglioni, and Gianpiero Dalla Zuanna\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Family Forms in Later Periods of the Mediterranean 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatteo Manfredini\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Conclusion 325\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Reassessing the Premodern Mediterranean Family 327\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeoffrey Nathan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSabine R. Huebner\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of ancient history at the University of Basel, Switzerland. She is the author of\u003ci\u003e Family in Roman Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and \u003ci\u003eDer Klerus in der Gesellschaft des spätantiken Kleinasiens\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), as well as the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eInheritance, Law and Religion in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), \u003ci\u003eThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley Blackwell, 2012), and \u003ci\u003eGrowing up Fatherless in Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e (2009).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Nathan\u003c\/b\u003e is a continuing Lecturer of Ancient History at the University of New South Wales.  He has published extensively on the topic of family in the Late Antiquity.  He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Family in Late Antiquity, The Rise of Christianity and the Endurance of Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e (2000). His current projects focus on the Constantinopolitan aristocrat Anicia Juliana, and refugee crises in the Later Roman Empire.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989604909285,"sku":"NP9781119143697","price":162.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119143697.jpg?v=1761784778","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/mediterranean-families-in-antiquity-isbn-9781119143697","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}