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II. DEFINING COOKING AND DINING AREAS . . . . . . . . . 57
Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
The samples 58
The Pompeian evidence 59
Chronology 62
Typology and terminology: cooking areas . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Literary sources for cooking areas and installations 62
Focus, foculus/foculare 63
Furnus/fornax, fornacula 66
Caminus 68
Culina 69
In vestibulo 69
In atrio 70
In postico 71
In the dining room 73
Water, drainage, fires and smoke 74
An archaeological typology of kitchen installations 78
Type HE, "Hearth" 78
Type ST, "Stove" 79
Type LO, "Large Oven" 82
Type SO, "Small Oven" 83
Typology and terminology: dining areas . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Literary sources for dining rooms 84
Cenatio, cenatiuncula 88
Cenaculum 88
Oecus 90
Triclinium 91
Interior architectural elaboration 94
Environmental setting 99
An archaeological typology of dining areas 105
Type DR, "Dining Room" 106
Type DH, "Dining Hall" 112
Type DI, "Dinette" 113
Type DO, "Dining Area (Open- Air)" 114
Type DB, "Dining Benches" 115
Degrees of confidence in dining area identification 115
III. AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
OF COOKING AND DINING AREAS AT POMPEII . . . . . . 116
Building categories for comparison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
(Work)shops 118
(Work)shop-houses 120
Commercial eating establishments 122
Lunch counters 122
Diners 122
Houses with or without (work)shops 123
Casa piccola 124
Casa media 124
Casa grande 124
Summaries, correlations and patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Cooking area amenities 128
Heat 128
Light and ventilation 134
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