James Miles

The application of Structural Analysis to archaeological interpretation using Winchester Cathedral Close as a case study

Supervisor: Dr. Graeme Earl

Abstract:

Structural analysis is widely used to determine static, dynamic, and thermal behaviour of physical systems and their components. Several methods can be employed to analyse building and non-building structures. The research that will be carried out will be based on the application of structural analysis within archaeology, specifically through archaeological interpretation and archaeological modelling of historic buildings. Importantly archaeological modelling is used to reconstruct various interpretations of standing and ruined remains, however many of the models produced have little or no structural basis and as such are limited to visual representations; the research will move towards a method that tests the structural elements of our interpretations to aid future interpretations and visual representations.

email: james.miles@soton.ac.uk