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Corridors of power: a case study in access analysis from medieval England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Amanda Richardson*
Affiliation:
King Alfred's College, Winchester SO22 4NR UK

Abstract

One of the most important techniques to be applied in medieval archaeology is access analysis, in which the spaces inside a structure are categorised by their relative ease of access and interpreted in terms of privilege and privacy. The author demonstrates the method, taking buildings from Salisbury town and Cathedral Close as a case study.

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