Community’s House and Symbolic Dwelling. A Perspective on Power

For anthropologists and archaeologists, the study of cultural change is greatest challenge. Initially, subject was considered from perspectives that included too few variables, resulting in an approximation proved to be incomplete inadequate. Since end last century, important efforts have been made document a broader context, revealing variability processes involved. These new studies highlight social relations their changeability as key components understanding dynamic any community or system. This article explorers spatial organization based on one such approach, Lévi-Strauss’ “house society”. analysis results view where multiple dwellings may constitute conceptual “house”. perspective should facilitate archaeological investigation contexts nurture power relationships structure society.