Str1062

Code name (Unique Key)

Str1062

Type of structural unit

Horizontal timber reinforcement system of masonry

List of related timber evidence

Chase in a wall

Location code

Space code

Position in the space

At the level of the window sills in rooms 0.4 and 0.5.

Type of timber reinforcement

Horizontal grid (longitudinal and transversal timbers)

Type of masonry of the wall

Rubble masonry with ashlar courses around openings and/or corners

Type of destruction

Earthquake
Volcanic eruption

Method of documentation

Bibliographical

General description of the structural unit

A horizontal grid of timber reinforcement of masonry with branches in the rubble wall at the level of the window sills. Evidence - mostly chases along the rubble walls- is visible mainly in the internal face of the south, west , and north walls of the building. The structure is part of the greater reinforcement system of the building (Str1048).

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.