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Tesse D Stek - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the importance of rural sanctuaries in structuring non Urban Society in ancient samnium approaches from architectureand landscape
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 2015Co-Authors: Tesse D StekAbstract:Summary This brief article addresses the potential of the study of rural sanctuaries for understanding the performance and general structure of non-Urban Society in ancient Samnium. Samnium, a mountainous area in central-southern Italy, is known for its non-Urbanized settlement organization in the Classical and Hellenistic periods. This article discusses different methodologies to assess the local and regional significance of rural cult sites in this particular societal structure. In reply to a recent article in this journal, it is argued that strong local variability of rural cult sites cannot be ascertained on the basis of the disparate available architectural evidence. On the other hand, it is shown that a landscape archaeological approach, i.e. applying intensive field surveys around Samnite sanctuaries, adds significantly to our understanding of the social function of these cult sites. The surveys (2004–present) document a clear nucleation of rural settlement around cult sites, probably reflecting farm–village communities, and demonstrating the strong local embeddedness of the rural cult sites. The order of magnitude of the rural communities living around the sanctuaries is broadly comparable, which gives us a tangible sense of the character and general structure of Samnite non-Urban Society.
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the importance of rural sanctuaries in structuring non Urban Society in ancient samnium approaches from architecture and landscape
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 2015Co-Authors: Tesse D StekAbstract:Summary This brief article addresses the potential of the study of rural sanctuaries for understanding the performance and general structure of non-Urban Society in ancient Samnium. Samnium, a mountainous area in central-southern Italy, is known for its non-Urbanized settlement organization in the Classical and Hellenistic periods. This article discusses different methodologies to assess the local and regional significance of rural cult sites in this particular societal structure. In reply to a recent article in this journal, it is argued that strong local variability of rural cult sites cannot be ascertained on the basis of the disparate available architectural evidence. On the other hand, it is shown that a landscape archaeological approach, i.e. applying intensive field surveys around Samnite sanctuaries, adds significantly to our understanding of the social function of these cult sites. The surveys (2004–present) document a clear nucleation of rural settlement around cult sites, probably reflecting farm–village communities, and demonstrating the strong local embeddedness of the rural cult sites. The order of magnitude of the rural communities living around the sanctuaries is broadly comparable, which gives us a tangible sense of the character and general structure of Samnite non-Urban Society.
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The Importance of Rural Sanctuaries in Structuring Non‐Urban Society in Ancient Samnium: Approaches from Architectureand Landscape
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 2015Co-Authors: Tesse D StekAbstract:Summary This brief article addresses the potential of the study of rural sanctuaries for understanding the performance and general structure of non-Urban Society in ancient Samnium. Samnium, a mountainous area in central-southern Italy, is known for its non-Urbanized settlement organization in the Classical and Hellenistic periods. This article discusses different methodologies to assess the local and regional significance of rural cult sites in this particular societal structure. In reply to a recent article in this journal, it is argued that strong local variability of rural cult sites cannot be ascertained on the basis of the disparate available architectural evidence. On the other hand, it is shown that a landscape archaeological approach, i.e. applying intensive field surveys around Samnite sanctuaries, adds significantly to our understanding of the social function of these cult sites. The surveys (2004–present) document a clear nucleation of rural settlement around cult sites, probably reflecting farm–village communities, and demonstrating the strong local embeddedness of the rural cult sites. The order of magnitude of the rural communities living around the sanctuaries is broadly comparable, which gives us a tangible sense of the character and general structure of Samnite non-Urban Society.
Martin Sanchez Jankowski - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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islands in the street gangs and american Urban Society
Social Forces, 1992Co-Authors: Martin Sanchez JankowskiAbstract:List of Tables and Figures Preface Introduction 1. A Theory of Life, Social Change, and Preservation in Poor Neighborhoods 2. Hosting a Home: Competing Agendas for Life in Public Housing 3. Living Refuge: Social Change and Preservation in the Housing Project 4. Provisions for Life: Making the Mom-and-Pop Store a Neighborhood Institution 5. Taking Care of Business: Social Change and Preservation in the Mom-and-Pop Store 6. Not Just a Clip Joint: Hair Shops and the Institution of Grooming 7. Life on the Edge: Social Change and Preservation in the Hair Shop 8. The Gang's All Here: Fathering a Bastard Institution 9. All in the Family: Mothering the Gang as a Bastard Institution 10. Whither the Neighborhood High School? Contending Roles and Functions 11. School Works: The Dynamics of Two Production Lines Conclusion Methodological Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
Stephen Nortcliff - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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issues of water supply and contemporary Urban Society the case of greater amman jordan
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 2010Co-Authors: Robert B Potter, Khadija Darmame, Stephen NortcliffAbstract:Over the last two decades, Jordan has suffered a chronic water crisis, and is the tenth most water-scarce nation on Earth. Such water stress has been well illustrated in the case of Greater Amman, the capital, which has grown dramatically from a population of around 2000 in the 1920s, to 2.17 million today. One of the distinctive characteristics of the water supply regime of Greater Amman is that since 1987 it has been based on a system of rationing, with households receiving water once a week for various durations. Amman is highly polarized socio-economically, and by means of household surveys, both quantitative and qualitative, conducted in high- and low-income divisions of the city, a detailed empirical evaluation of the storage and use of water, the strategies used by households to manage water and overall satisfaction with water supply issues is provided in this paper, looking specifically at issues of social equity. The analysis demonstrates the social and economic costs of water rationing and consequent management to be high, as well as emphasizing that issues of water quality are of central importance to all consumers regardless of their socio-economic status within the city.
Mia Kuritzén Löwengart - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Thomas Adam 2009: Buying Respectability. Philanthropy and Urban Society in Transnational Perspective, 1840s to 1930s, Bloomington and Indianapolis.
2011Co-Authors: Mia Kuritzén LöwengartAbstract:Thomas Adam 2009: Buying Respectability. Philanthropy and Urban Society in Transnational Perspective, 1840s to 1930s, Bloomington and Indianapolis.
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Thomas Adam: Buying Respectability. Philanthropy and Urban Society in Transnational Perspective, 1840s to 1930s (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2009)
2011Co-Authors: Mia Kuritzén LöwengartAbstract:Thomas Adam: Buying Respectability. Philanthropy and Urban Society in Transnational Perspective, 1840s to 1930s (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2009)
Stephen Basedo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Review: Negotiating the Political in Northern European Urban Society, c.1400–c.1600
2016Co-Authors: Stephen BasedoAbstract:Sheila Sweetinburgh, ed., Negotiating the Political in Northern European Urban Society, c.1400–c.1600 (Tempe, Arizona: Brepols, 2 013). Print, 212 pp., €55.00, ISBN: 9782503546667.
