Open AccessHistoric Zuni Architecture and Society. An Archaeological Application of Space Syntax, by T. J. Ferguson. Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona. University of Arizona Press, 1996
Author(s) -
Jonathan E. Reyman
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
bulletin of the history of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2047-6930
pISSN - 1062-4740
DOI - 10.5334/bha.08103
Subject(s) - space syntax , human settlement , architecture , syntax , space (punctuation) , archaeology , history , settlement (finance) , geography , anthropology , sociology , linguistics , computer science , philosophy , world wide web , payment
The purpose of this study is to apply "…a new theory of spacesyntax developed by architects..." to the analysis of "…Zuni settlements occupiedbetween the Spanish Entrado of 1540 and the 1980s" (p. xiii). The goal of this researchis a better understanding of the change in Zuni society, as seen through change in Zuniarchitecture. The results are mixed. Ferguson concludes that space syntax is a usefulway to analyze space, but that its theoretical base needs further development (p.152)