Str1050

Code name (Unique Key)

Str1050

Type of structural unit

Door frame

List of related timber evidence

Imprint on mud-brick / clay / plaster / ash
Hole
Chase in a wall

Location code

Space code

Position in the space

On the west wall of the room, door leading to room 0.3c

General dimensions of the door frame

0,60x1,00 x 1,45

Type of door (architectural)

Interior door

Type of door (structural)

3d load bearing timber frame

Type of lintel

Horizontal timbers as a part of a 3d load bearing timber frame

Type of masonry of the wall

Rubble masonry

Type of destruction

Earthquake
Volcanic eruption

Method of documentation

Bibliographical
On site

General description of the door frame

Typical internal door frame whose imprints still remain visible on the unexcavated debris and ash. The west side of the frame is not accessible, thus there are timber elements that were not recorded.

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.

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