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

• Main Author: Paliou, Eleftheria (auth)
• Other Authors: Lieberwirth, Undine (auth), Polla, Silvia (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter 2014
• Series: Topoi - Berlin Studies of the Ancient World/Topoi - Berliner Studien der Alten Welt
• Subjects: Biography & True Stories; Space Syntax Analysis; Movement; Accessibility; Visibility; 2D and 3D Spatial Analysis
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...