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The Latrines of Delos. Hygiene, Sanitation, and Environment in a Cycladic City. Memoirs 62.
BOUET Alain (dir.).

The Latrines of Delos. Hygiene, Sanitation, and Environment in a Cycladic City. Memoirs 62.

Ausonius
€60,00 €0,00
N° d'inventaire 26272
Format 22 x 28.5
Détails 740 p., numerous color illustrations, publisher's hardcover.
Publication Bordeaux, 2023
Etat Nine
ISBN 9782356134868
Communal latrines are one of the symbols of the ancient city. For the first time, all the toilets of an Eastern Mediterranean city, Delos, in the Cyclades, are taken into account. A multidisciplinary team studied these essential spaces for almost a decade. They were able to precisely reconstruct their architecture, but also part of the population's consumption, their health status, and their environment. A different vision of the city emerges, a city of filth, excrement, and parasites, a city in which hygiene and sanitation were a matter for private individuals and not  still public authorities.
Communal latrines are one of the symbols of the ancient city. For the first time, all the toilets of an Eastern Mediterranean city, Delos, in the Cyclades, are taken into account. A multidisciplinary team studied these essential spaces for almost a decade. They were able to precisely reconstruct their architecture, but also part of the population's consumption, their health status, and their environment. A different vision of the city emerges, a city of filth, excrement, and parasites, a city in which hygiene and sanitation were a matter for private individuals and not  still public authorities.