Human cultures have distilled a distinctive and interwoven set of semiotic signs to indicate home, the place one returns to. This study surveys a wide range of semiotic signs which communicate the message home, including architectural elements, decorative devices and protective graphic symbols defined within a broad spectrum of societies and time periods. The role of such semiotic signs in marking and defining human dwelling places is analyzed, and the connection between a specific statement of cultural meaning ("This is my home") and the way this meaning is shared through cultural artifacts and visual symbols is examined.
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