Spatial analysis and social spaces : : interdisciplinary approaches to the interpretation of prehistoric and historic built environments / / edited by Eleftheria Paliou, Undine Lieberwirth, Silvia Polla.

In the past decade a range of formal spatial analysis methods has been developed for the study of human engagement, experience and socialisation within the built environment. Many, although not all, of these emanate from the fields of architectural and urban studies, and draw upon social theories of...

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Superior document:Topoi, volume 18
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter,, [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Topoi ; v. 18.
Physical Description:1 online resource (328 pages) :; illustrations (some color).
Notes:International conference proceedings.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Introduction / Paliou, Eleftheria
  • Spatial analysis and cultural information: the need for theory as well as method in space syntax analysis / Hillier, Bill
  • From building to architecture: The rise of configurational thinking in Bronze Age Crete / Letesson, Quentin
  • Visibility analysis in 3D built spaces: a new dimension to the understanding of social space / Paliou, Eleftheria
  • Connecting landscapes with built environments: visibility analysis, scale and the senses / Wheatley, David
  • Formal three-dimensional computational analyses of archaeological spaces / Papadopoulos, Constantinos / Earl, Graeme
  • Investigating monumental social space in Late Bronze Age Cyprus: an integrative approach / Fisher, Kevin D.
  • Three tales of two cities? A comparative analysis of topological, visual and metric properties of archaeological space in Malia and Pylos / Hacıgüzeller, Piraye / Thaler, Ulrich
  • Spatial analysis of past built environments: Houses and society in the Aegean from the Early Iron Age till the impact of Rome / Bintliff, John
  • Indicating street vitality in excavated towns. Spatial configurative analyses applied to Pompeii / Nes, Akkelies van
  • The spatial signature of an Insula neighbourhood of Roman Ostia / Stöger, Hanna
  • List of contributors
  • About the editors