The Prehistory of Home
The Prehistory of Home
Jerry D. Moore
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Moore, Jerry D.
The prehistory of home / Jerry D. Moore.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-520-27221-7 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Dwellings, Prehistoric. 2. Architecture, Prehistoric.
3. Home. 4. Social archaeology. I. Title.
GN799.B8M66 2012
392.3'60901 —dc23 2011035704
Manufactured in the United States of America
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Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments
Notes Illustration Credits Index
Illustrations
1. A tabique house, Tumbes, Peru, 2003.
6. Reconstructions of Jomon houses at Sannai Maruyama.
7. Plan of a Kabyle House, Algeria.
8. Plan of a Saami kähte.
9. Navaho hogan, 2009.
10. Modern American ranch-style house.
11. C.C. Witt earthlodge and Pawnee cosmology.
12. J. Ochtervelt, Street Musicians at the Door, 1665.
13. J. Steen, The Dissolute Household, ca. 1663–1664.
14. Çatalhöyük: site plan.
15. Longhouse of the Iroquois.
16. Archaeological excavations at Quebrada Santa Cristina, Casma Valley, Peru.
17. Quebrada Santa Cristina.
18. Great House at Chaco Canyon.
19. View of Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde.
20. California Institution for Men, 2006.
21. Idealized fortifications and their lines of attack.
22. Great Wall of Santa.
23. Plan of Hermitage, Kellia, Egypt.
24. Aerial view, Chan Chan, Peru.
