An investigation into the nature and workings of the household in one
part of northern Europe (in Western Denmark), focusing on the Early Iron
Age (c 500 BC-AD 200), considering the household unit and its internal
social relations. It includes an introduction to the geographical and
archaeological context and the dataset, chapters on the nature of the
household group and its relationship to the wider community, analysis of
the structure and use of space within the Early Iron Age farmstead, the
architecture of the longhouse, and the domestic space outside the house
and depositional practices.