Str101

Code name (Unique Key)

Str101

Location code

Building A at Malia

General description of the space

Treuil and Schmid (2017, p. 178) mention the existence of a stone bearing a pivot-hole. They also mention the existence of friction traces on the base of the pivot-hole.
The door jambs are formed by vertical wooden boards.

Bibliography

Architecture minoenne à Malia : les bâtiments principaux du Quartier Mu (A, B, D, E) (Minoen Moyen II) : fouilles exécutées à Malia : le quartier Mu VI

Type of structural unit

Door frame

List of related timber evidence

Chase in a wall
Use-wear traces of door or window leaf on floor
Socket-pivot hole of door

Space

Spa72
Spa239

General dimensions of the structural units

(0.66 x 0.40) m

Type of door (architectural)

Interior door

Type of door (structural)

2d non load bearing timber frame (only for the bearing of the door leaf)

Number of door leafs

1

Presence of threshold

Yes

Type of threshold (architectural)

Wooden board

Type of threshold (structural)

Load bearing

Shape of the threshold

Rectangular.

Position of vertical timbers at each jamb pier of the timber frame of the door

Along the depth of the wall.

Number of vertical timbers at each jamb pier of the timber frame of the door

One (1).

Type of masonry

Mud-brick

Presence of plaster on the wall

Yes

State of preservation when excavated

Missing/disappeared

Current state of preservation

Missing/disappeared

Type of destruction

Fire

Method of documentation

On site
Bibliographical