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Archaeological Prospection 14 (2007) pp 87-103
New Approach to the Study of City Planning and Domestic Dwellings in the Ancient Near East
Christophe Benech 1
(08/05/2007)

This paper presents the results of a magnetic survey on the Hellenistic and Roman site of Doura-Europos in Syria. The interpretation of the magnetic data is based on an original approach by considering the use of space in a domestic unit.This type of study has been developed for sociological research but is adapted to the information carriedwithin geophysical data. After a brief presentation of the role of geophysicalmethods for the study of city planning, the most important components of the ‘space syntax' will be presented and applied to two blocks of Doura-Europos, one that has been excavated in the twentieth century by theYale University and another surveyed using the magnetic method.
1 :  ARCHEORIENT - Environnements et sociétés de l'Orient ancien (Archéorient)
CNRS : UMR5133 – Université Lumière - Lyon II
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Archéologie et Préhistoire

Planète et Univers/Sciences de la Terre/Géophysique

Physique/Physique/Géophysique

Sciences de l'environnement/Milieux et Changements globaux
magnetic survey – city planning – domestic unit – space syntax – Doura-Europos – ancient Near East
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