Spa379

Code name (Unique Key)

Spa379

Name of the space

Room I.5

Location code

Function of the space

Circulation
Living areas

Architectural features

Doorframes
Floor covering
Window openings
Partition wall
Wall covering

General description of the space

Room I.5 is the most impresive room of the West house. It had elaborated partition walls with doors and cupboards, wall paintings and multiple windows on both the north and the west walls., as well as a paved floor with slabs and red painted mortar joints.

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.

Linked resources

  • Vertical chase of the southwest jamb of the cup-board on the timber framed ...

  • A T shaped stone base of tuff on the north jamb of the door (Str1113)....

  • A T shaped stone base of tuff on the south jamb of the door (Str1113)....

  • Horizontal chase for a timber in the floor, between the two stone bases, th...

  • Imprint of the southwest jamb of the door (Str1112), on the mud brick that ...

  • Imprint of the northwest jamb of the door (Str1113), on the mud brick that ...

  • A horizontal transversal hole for the base timber of the north jamb of the ...

  • Imprint of the southwest jamb of the door (Str1113), on the mud brick that ...

  • Imprint of the west side of the mud brick that was used as infill to the ti...

  • A vertical chase for the southeast timber jamb of the pier and window of ro...

  • A vertical chase for the northeast timber jamb of the pier and window of ro...

  • A horizontal longitudinal chase for the north timber sill of the pier and w...

  • A horizontal longitudinal chase for the north timber sill of the pier and w...

  • A horizontal longitudinal chase for the west timber sill of the pier and wi...

  • A horizontal longitudinal chase for the west timber sill of the pier and wi...

  • An imprint of the pier of the window, made by timber frame and an infill of...

  • An imprint of the pier of the window, made by timber frame and an infill of...

  • An imprint of the pier of the window, made by timber frame and an infill of...

  • An imprint of the pier of the window, made by timber frame and an infill of...

  • An imprint of the pier of the window, made by timber frame and an infill of...

  • An imprint of the pier of the window, made by timber frame and an infill of...

  • An imprint of the pier of the window, made by timber frame and an infill of...