Spa429

Code name (Unique Key)

Spa429

Name of the space

Room D.5

Function of the space

Circulation

Architectural features

Doorframes
Staircase

General description of the space

The entrance of the building, leading to the staircase and rooms D.6 and D.7.

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.

Linked resources

  • The entrance door to the North Building, on ashlar wall , with a window to ...

  • The staircase door on the first step of room D.5 leading to room D.7....

  • Ashlar block with 4 mortices on the top surface....

  • A monolithic threshold with a carved bedding for the door leaf and a pivot ...

  • Ashlar block with a rectangular mortice on the west face, at the same heigh...

  • A vertical chase, partly on the rubble wall and partly on the ashlar stone ...

  • A vertical chase, on the ashlar stone courses of the west door jamb....

  • A vertical chase, partly on the rubble wall and partly on the ashlar stone...

  • The first step of the staircase, as a monolithic threshold of the staircase...

  • U Shaped main staircase at the entrance of the North Building, with 3 fligh...

  • Horizontal reinforcement timber elements in 2 levels: On the floor level of...