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68|ANASTASIA CHRISTOPHILOPOULOU
der Frühen Eisenzeit Anzeichen von “Insularität” aufweisen
bzw. wann gleiche Merkmale auf mehreren Inseln anzutreffen
sind. Dabei muss berücksichtigt werden, dass
“Insularität” eher eine soziale Wahl als eine geographische
Realität darstellt.
This paper investigates aspects of community identity in the
Aegean Islands and Crete through examination of their
domestic environments, between c. 1200–900 BC, a period
when Cycladic, Eastern Aegean islands and Crete were engaged
in different social developments. By comparing their
developments in domestic space, I consider here how household
organisation reflects the wider social and historical context
in different island communities, by accepting that the
conscious structuring of space within the house is often a
symbolic ordering of space, and that the organisation of
households and household activities can inform us to a great
extent about the social fabric of their inhabitants. Finally, I
will analyse the relationship between physical distance and
“insularity” as expressed through the medium of domestic
architecture and household organisation; as well as the way
“insularity” can be responsible for creating particular community
identities. If we accept that ordering space inside the
house is a way of comprehending the space outside, this paper
also seeks to investigate when Early Iron Age Cretan
and Aegean households show signs of “insularity”, and
when they share features across islands, by considering that
“insularity” is frequently a social choice, rather than a geographic
reality.
I. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN HOUSEHOLD ARCHAEO-
LOGY AND THE STUDY OF EARLY IRON AGE GREECE
Evidence of domestic architecture and household activities in Early
Iron Age Greece are examined here aiming to demonstrate how
settlement evidence can illustrate social organisation and interactions
particular within communities in transition such as Greek
Early Iron Age island settlements. The question of use of space and
its significance for the Early Iron Age societies is explored here
through the paradigms of twelfth to sixth century BC communities
in three different geographical (and cultural) regions: the Cyclades,