Akrotiri : the archaeological site and the museum of prehistoric Thera : a brief guide / Christos G. Doumas.

By:

Doumas, Christos [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Athens : Society for the Promotion of Studies on Prehistoric Thera, 2017.Description: 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9786188331709

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

913.915

Contents:

Part I: Thera (Santorini) and the Aegean, The excavation at Akrotiri and the management of the archaeological site, A brief history of the settlement, The volcanic eruption, Thera and Atlantis -- Part II: Tour of the City -- Part III: The Museum of Prehistoric Thera -- Part IV: Other places of interest on Thera.

Summary: "This guidebook written by Professor Emeritus Christos Doumas, Director of the Akrotiri Excavations since 1975, and published by The Society for the Promotion of Studies on Prehistoric Thera is designed to help visitors understand the archaeological site of Akrotiri and the Museum of Prehistoric Thera in Phira. Fifty years of systematic excavation, scientific research, study and conservation measures have revealed the history of the settlement at Akrotiri and the cultural achievements of the society that lived there. At the height of its prosperity, the cosmopolitan city, one of the most important urban centres in the prehistoric Aegean, was struck by an earthquake that heralded the eruption of the Thera volcano, which buried it for posterity under a thick mantle of pumice and ash. The ruined buildings, the thousands of objects recovered from them and the remarkable wall-paintings that decorated them give us an insight into the daily life, the aesthetics and the ideology of the 'bourgeois' inhabitants of this once thriving port. The carefully-selected illustrations - photographs of the monuments and the moveable finds, drawings, graphic restorations, architectural plans - many of them previously unpublished and exclusive to this publication, have been kindly provided by the Archives of the Thera Excavations." -- Publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Course reserves
Reserve - Overnight loan	CYA Library Reserve	913.915 DOU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000010754		Papadopoulos, Angelos

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Bibliography: page 191.

"This guidebook written by Professor Emeritus Christos Doumas, Director of the Akrotiri Excavations since 1975, and published by The Society for the Promotion of Studies on Prehistoric Thera is designed to help visitors understand the archaeological site of Akrotiri and the Museum of Prehistoric Thera in Phira.
Fifty years of systematic excavation, scientific research, study and conservation measures have revealed the history of the settlement at Akrotiri and the cultural achievements of the society that lived there. At the height of its prosperity, the cosmopolitan city, one of the most important urban centres in the prehistoric Aegean, was struck by an earthquake that heralded the eruption of the Thera volcano, which buried it for posterity under a thick mantle of pumice and ash. The ruined buildings, the thousands of objects recovered from them and the remarkable wall-paintings that decorated them give us an insight into the daily life, the aesthetics and the ideology of the 'bourgeois' inhabitants of this once thriving port.
The carefully-selected illustrations - photographs of the monuments and the moveable finds, drawings, graphic restorations, architectural plans - many of them previously unpublished and exclusive to this publication, have been kindly provided by the Archives of the Thera Excavations." -- Publisher's description.