Spatial analysis and social spaces: Interdisciplinary approaches to the interpretation of prehistoric and historic built environments

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2014

Spatial analysis and social spaces

Interdisciplinary approaches to the interpretation of prehistoric and historic built environments

Edited by: Eleftheria Paliou , Undine Lieberwirth and Silvia Polla

Volume 18 in the series Topoi – Berlin Studies of the Ancient World/Topoi – Berliner Studien der Alten Welt

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110266436

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About this book

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 space that lay emphasis on the role of visibility, movement, and accessibility in the built environment. These approaches are now gaining in popularity among researchers of prehistoric and historic built spaces and are given increasingly more weight in the interpretation of past urban environments.

Spatial Analysis and Social Spaces brings together contributions from specialists in archaeology, social theory, and urban planning who explore the theoretical and methodological frameworks associated with the application of new and established spatial analysis methods in past built environments. The focus is mainly on more recent computer-based approaches and on techniques such as access analysis, visibility graph analysis, isovist analysis, agent-based models of pedestrian movement, and 3D visibility approaches. The contributors to this volume examine the relationship between space and social life from many different perspectives, and provide illuminating examples from the archaeology of Greece, Italy and Cyprus, in which intra-site analysis offers valuable insights into the built spaces and societies under study.

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Eleftheria Paliou, Undine Lieberwirth and Silvia Polla, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Reviews

"This book offers up-to-date methods of assessing how humans experience both spaces and structures, and perspectives on what those experiences mean."
Mary Hollinshead in: BMCR 2015.01.52

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Eleftheria Paliou Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Spatial analysis and cultural information: the need for theory as well as method in space syntax analysis Bill Hillier Publicly Available Download PDF	19
From building to architecture: The rise of configurational thinking in Bronze Age Crete Quentin Letesson Publicly Available Download PDF	49
Visibility analysis in 3D built spaces: a new dimension to the understanding of social space Eleftheria Paliou Publicly Available Download PDF	91
Connecting landscapes with built environments: visibility analysis, scale and the senses David Wheatley Publicly Available Download PDF	115
Formal three-dimensional computational analyses of archaeological spaces Constantinos Papadopoulos and Graeme Earl Publicly Available Download PDF	135
Investigating monumental social space in Late Bronze Age Cyprus: an integrative approach Kevin D. Fisher Publicly Available Download PDF	167
Three tales of two cities? A comparative analysis of topological, visual and metric properties of archaeological space in Malia and Pylos Piraye Hacıgüzeller and Ulrich Thaler Publicly Available Download PDF	203
Spatial analysis of past built environments: Houses and society in the Aegean from the Early Iron Age till the impact of Rome John Bintliff Publicly Available Download PDF	263
Indicating street vitality in excavated towns. Spatial configurative analyses applied to Pompeii Akkelies van Nes Publicly Available Download PDF	277
The spatial signature of an Insula neighbourhood of Roman Ostia Hanna Stöger Publicly Available Download PDF	297
List of contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	317
About the editors Publicly Available Download PDF	319

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 320
Illustrations
- Other: Div. Abb.
Keywords: 2D and 3D Spatial Analysis; Space Syntax Analysis; Visibility; Movement; Accessibility

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Published: April 1, 2014
ISBN: 9783110266436

Hardcover

Published: March 17, 2014
ISBN: 9783110265941