IPAMAA's Amelia Eichengreen sucessfully defended her dissertation "From Huts to Palaces: Archaic Domestic Architecture in Rome, Latium, and Etruria, c. 900-450 BCE" on Friday, February 21st.
Amelia's dissertation "leverages architecture to understand critical historical moments in early central Italy, approximately 900-450 BCE. Her research trackes the architectural development of domestic spaces when homes moved from mud huts to complex multi-roomed buildings. Previously, discussions of Archaic domestic space have focused on necropoleis as reflections of ancient cities. Recentering the debate around the homes themselves allows for a more accurate picture of domestic spaces, cities, and urbanization processes. This new lens reveals a more rapid urbanization picture than previously believed, ultimately leading this dissertation to down-date the emergence of houses in central Italy by one century. A centerpiece of this research is a new interpretation of Carandini’s atrium houses on the north Palatine slope, recently published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology."
Our warmest congratulations, Dr. Eichengreen!
