Modules in buildings - Two case-studies applying Holm's measure of module fit

Abstract

This paper presents a framework for module studies in prehistoric buildings. It falls in three parts, a methodological point of departure, a presentation of two case-studies, and a short evaluation. For the module search Holm's (1987) NAA 1987/354 measure of module fit is used. The material for the case-studies is Early Byzantine churches, synagogues and chapels in Illyricum (mostly Balkan) and a set of measures from the Oelandic ring fort Eketorps borg. A foot, Illyric, and an ell, Oelandic, are reconstructed.