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Meaningful constructions – spatial and functional analysis of medieval buildings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Graham Fairclough
Graham Fairclough*
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English Heritage, Fortress House, 23 Savile Row, London W1X 1AB, UK
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Spatial analysis has enjoyed a considerable vogue in archaeological studies over the past two decades, though usually applied in prehistoric contexts. The paper applies well tried techniques to the analysis of complex high-status medieval buildings and demonstrates their superiority in terms of data (especially when used in parallel) on social function and status over subjective analysis based on notions of symbolic or functional characterization.

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Antiquity , Volume 66 , Issue 251 , June 1992, pp. 348 - 366
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1992

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