Str1016
Code name (Unique Key)
Str1016
Type of structural unit
Window frame
List of related timber evidence
Chase in a wall
Window sill
Other (to be specified in the cell 'General description')
Location code
Space code
Position in the space
On the external wall by the entrance door
General dimensions of the window frame
0,66x0,80x1,15
Type of window (architectural)
Door and window (entrance)
Presence of longitudinal horizontal timbers at the sill level
Yes
Number of longitudinal horizontal timbers at the sill level
2
Type of lintel
Horizontal timbers as a part of a 3d load bearing timber frame
Number of vertical timbers at each jamb pier of the timber frame of the window
2
Type of masonry
Rubble masonry with ashlar courses around openings and/or corners
Connection of the window frame with the wall
The external timber elements of the lintel and the sill extend to the corner of the wall forming a system of reinforcement for both the openings and the wall.
State of preservation when excavated
Good
Current state of preservation
Partly restored
Type of destruction
Earthquake
Volcanic eruption
Method of documentation
On site
Bibliographical
Description of the window frame
Window by the entrance door to the West House, part of a load bearing door-and-window system in rubble wall, with ashlar courses around the opening. It is partly restored with concrete in the external chases of the wall and the lintel. According to the typology of the window openings in Akrotiri there should also be horizontal, transversal timber elements, but evidence is not visible.
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.
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.
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