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Akrotiri Thera : an architecture of affluence 3,500 years old
1.The volcanic fate of Thera --2.The archaeologist : an unexpected visitor 3,500 years later --3.The settlement pattern of Thera during the 2nd millennium B.C. --4.The Akrotiri region : landscape, past and present --5.The town --6.The buildings --7.A guided tour through the town --8.A synopsis of th...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, Pa
: INSTAP Academic Press
, 2005
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| Series: | Prehistory monographs
15 |
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/jstor-ebooks-altertum/www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt3fgvrh |
| Related Items: | Erscheint auch als:
Akrotiri Thera |
| Author Notes: | by Clairy Palyvou |
| E-Book Packages: | JSTOR E-Books in Classical Studies |
| Summary: | 1.The volcanic fate of Thera --2.The archaeologist : an unexpected visitor 3,500 years later --3.The settlement pattern of Thera during the 2nd millennium B.C. --4.The Akrotiri region : landscape, past and present --5.The town --6.The buildings --7.A guided tour through the town --8.A synopsis of the Theran house model --9.The art of building : materials and techniques --10.Design and morphology --11.Reconciling with the wrath of Engelados --12.Thera and her neighbors in a time of opulence. This book examines the architecture of Akrotiri, dealing not only with the building technology, but also with issues of typology, form, and function. It provides an overall picture of the architecture of Akrotiri, including an outline of its town plan, a description of the individual houses, and a discussion of its relationship with Crete and its neighbours in the Eastern Mediterranean. The book is based on the author's personal observations and experience obtained over a fifteen year period (1977-1992) of work at the site of the Akrotiri excavation. This book is confined to the last phase of |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-196) and index Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 209 pages) illustrations (some color), maps Electronic reproduction |
| Document Type: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| ISBN: | 1623030668 1931534144 9781623030667 9781931534147 |
