Abstract
During the excavations of four rural settlements dated from the 10th and beginning of the 11th centuries in the centre-north part of Portugal, the identification of several domestic units provided the opportunity to understand a little more about household goods and the peasant houses themselves. Although the huts/houses were built exclusively with perishable materials, the sites were burnt, which enabled the preservation of organic matter, including building materials, possible household objects and fuel for domestic hearths. Ethnographic models were essential to understand the architecture and dimension of these ‘ghost houses’. Relations of spatiality/proximity of the goods to fireplaces have also permitted the study of the household goods in these huts/houses to identify some of the activities that the family carried out within these spaces and conceptualise their internal organisation
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Household goods in the European Medieval and Early Modern countryside |
Editors | Catarina Tente, Claudia Theune |
Place of Publication | Leiden |
Publisher | Sidestone Press |
Pages | 51-59 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789464270617 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789464270600 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Keywords
- Iberian Peninsula
- Huts
- Household goods
- Ethnography
- Social organisation