Tthe contents, derived from an eponymous meeting at Oxford in May 2004, admirably promote the study of material spatiality in Late Antiquity, exploring the material world as it was lived, using
a variety of sources, as opposed to simply describing and interpreting the material culture as it remains today. Lavan and Swift (both: archaeology, U. of Kent, Canterbury, UK), and Putzeys
(Sagalasses Archaeological Project, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium) are editors and also authors of some of the 26 contributed chapters. The book contains seven sections, each with
multiple essays, in the areas of bibliographic content, domestic space, vessels in context, shops and workshops, dress, religious space, and military space. Sites included are primarily Eastern
Mediterranean, as well as Pella, Dura-Europos, Scythopolis, and Sagalassos. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
