The Social Archaeology of Residential Sites

Hungarian noble residences and their social context from the thirteenth through to the sixteenth century: an outline for methodology

£40.00
Author:
Gábor Virágos
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841717968
Paperback:
159pp, Includes 168 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs.
Sub-series name:
Archaeolingua Central European Series, 3
ISBN 10:
1841717967
BAR number:
S1583
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Description

BOOK DESCRIPTION
This work aims to set up a research agenda to show how archaeology can contribute to an interdisciplinary study of society in the later Middle Ages, in this case in terms of a survey of the possibilities of using archaeology to study Hungarian nobility from the point of view of their living conditions and the functions of their residences. The author, drawn to this theme through an excavation in Pomáz (west of Budapest) in 1995, investigates the co-existence of various settlement types from the point of view of manorial buildings. Contents: Introduction; Terminology; Case studies (Pomáz and the Cyko, Kisnána and the Kompolti, Nyírbátor and the Báthori); Interpreting the noble residence; Conclusion.