This volume discusses the evolution of oikema, which is the most common type of commercial facility in ancient Greece. The study covers a large area including Continental Greece, the Aegean islands, the Ionian islands and the west coast of Asia Minor. The author, after a thorough analysis, proposes a new terminology for commercial and industrial facilities. The book also presents the architectural characteristics and the equipment of oikemata and discusses their location and relationship with other buildings. The ownership, use and maintenance of oikemata are also discussed. It is argued that oikemata provided merchants and craftsmen with a suitable working space and contributed to the gradual abandonment of houses as working places, especially in cities that developed in the Hellenistic period. Their characteristics corresponded perfectly well to the needs of Greek commerce.
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Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white
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Höhe: 203 mm
Breite: 275 mm
Dicke: 28 mm
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978-1-78491-939-9 (9781784919399)
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PAVLOS KARVONIS studied archaeology in Athens from 1994 to 1998. In 2000, he finished his Masters degree at the University of Paris X-Nanterre and in 2004 he defended a thesis entitled "Lieux et locaux de vente dans la Grece egeenne du IVe au Ier siecle av. J.-C." at the same University. In 2006, he worked for the Archaeological Society at Athens, and since 2007 he has been working for the Academy of Athens in the Tabula Imperii Romani program. He has published two volumes on the Aegean islands and Attica, and has published several articles on commercial architecture. He is also preparing the publications of two commercial buildings located on the western shore of the island and participates in a research programme on stone and its use on Delos.
Introduction; Nomenclature; Le vocabulaire antique des installations commerciales; Les criteres d'identification des pieces polyvalentes; L'apparition de la piece polyvalente; Les activites attestees dans les pieces polyvalentes; Les caracteristiques des pieces polyvalentes; La gestion des pieces polyvalentes; Les pieces polyvalentes et l'organisation du commerce; Conclusion; Bibliographie; Index des lieux; Index des mots grecs; Index des auteurs anciens; Index des inscriptions; Origine des illustrations
