Paliou / Lieberwirth / Polla Spatial analysis and social spaces

Interdisciplinary approaches to the interpretation of prehistoric and historic built environments
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-11-026643-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 18, 328 Seiten

Reihe: Topoi – Berlin Studies of the Ancient World/Topoi – Berliner Studien der Alten Welt

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Paliou, Eleftheria

Lieberwirth, Undine

Polla, Silvia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie: Theorie und Methoden
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Computeranwendungen in Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

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

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