Str1089

Code name (Unique Key)

Str1089

Type of structural unit

Flat roof

List of related timber evidence

Imprint on mud-brick / clay / plaster / ash

Location code

West House at Akrotiri

Space code

Spa381

General dimensions of the flat roof

Approximately 2,00x2,60, the part or the flat roof that covers Spa381.

General dimensions of the saved part of the flat roof

Approximately 1,00x1,40.

Beams

Presence of main beams

Type of ceiling

Floor beams

Presence of dorosis

Yes

Final roof covering

Other (to be specified in the 'General description' cell)

State of preservation when excavated

Medium

Current state of preservation

Medium

Type of destruction

Volcanic eruption

Method of documentation

Bibliographical

General description of the flat roof

Part of the flat roof covering room I.7. It consisted of beams, spanning 2,00x2,60 and a dorosis with at least 8 different layers of clay. The final pavement consisted of clay, perhaps also of some slabs.

Bibliography

Palyvou C., Akrotiri Thera: An Architecture of Affluence 3,500 Years Old (Prehistory Monographs, 15), INSTAP Academic Press, Philadelphia 2005.

Παλυβού Κ., Aκρωτήρι Θήρας: Η αρχιτεκτονική της Δυτικής Οικίας, εκδ. Μέλισσα, 2019.

Παλυβού Κ., Aκρωτήρι Θήρας: η οικοδομική τέχνη, Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογική Εταιρεία, 1999.

Μαρινάτος Σ ., Excavations at Thera Ι-VII (1968-1974), Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογική Εταιρεία, Αθήνα.

Τσακανίκα-Θεοχάρη, Ελευθερία, Ο δομικός ρόλος του ξύλου στην τοιχοποιία των ανακτορικού τύπου κτιρίων της Μινωϊκής Κρήτης, (μη δημοσιευμένη διδακτορική διατριβή), ΕΜΠ, 2006.

Doumas C., Akrotiri: The Archaeological Site and the Museum of Prehistoric Thera. A Brief Guide, The Society for the Promotion of Studies on Prehistoric Thera, 2017.

Presence of dorosis

Yes

Final pavement

Others (to be specified in the 'General description' cell)