Application of the space syntax to the study of city planning from Syrian Late Bronze Age circular cities

Within a Syrian-French program entitled Emergence, organisation and expansion during the Late Bronze Age of the circular cities in the Syrian Jezireh area, two magnetic surveys have been carried out on Al-Rawda (Gondet and Castel, 2003) and Sheirat archaeological sites. This program deals with the emergence during the last phases of the Late Bronze Age of circular cities in the centre of the actual Syrian territory. Protected by large fortification ranges these cities were following a radio-c..