The politics of house shape
Round vs rectilinear domestic structures in Déla compounds, northern Cameroon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3467017 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Lyons (0000-0001-9956-8656, Simon Fraser University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 268 |
| Pages | 351-367 |
| Publication date | 1996-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00083320 |
| OpenAlex | W2148620441 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 13 |
Building floor plans are frequently recovered by archaologists. A common first sorting of the shapes of small domestic buildings is between round houses and rectangular houses. What do these differences mean? Why do social groups change their building form from one to the other? An ethnoarchaeological study from northern Cameroon illustrates how four ethnic groups in a single community use building shape to blur or define group boundaries for political self-interests
Archaeology · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sorting · African Studies and Geopolitics · Anthropology · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Land Rights and Reforms · Law
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| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,69 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2024 (28) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |