Acroterium (Thera)

Acroterium, litteris Graecis Ακρωτήρι, appellantur ruinae urbis culturae Cycladicae vel Minoae in insula Thera meridiana iuxta vicum hodiernum eiusdem nominis patentes. Idem locus iam aevo Neolithico habitatus erat. Urbs ab eruptione vulcanica Theraea, quae fortasse anno 1628 vel 1627 a.C.n. acciderit, omnino abscondita est. Ruinae illius temporis iuxta Acroterium a Ferdinando Fouqué geologo Francico (qui etiam locum archaeologicum insulae Therasiae effodit) anno 1867 repertae sunt. Urbs ipsa ex anno 1967 effoditur, Spyridone Marinato principio archaeologo duce.

Domus usque adhuc repertae sunt:
 Xeste 3, contignationibus duabus, membris cuiusque quattuordecim; piscina lustrali; picturis mulierum crocos decerpentium, progredientium, adorantium, dea quadam offerentium
 Xeste 4, contignationibus tribus, pictura hominum ascendentium
 Insula Β, domis duabus; picturis domo occidentali dorcadum et puerorum pugilium, domo orientali simiarum
 Insula Δ, domis quattuor; domo orientali repertae sunt pictura veris et tabellae scripturae Linearis A
 Domus occidentalis, contignationibus duabus, picturis piscatorum, mulieris (fortasse sacerdotis), atque itineris maritimi
 Domus mulierum, sic propter picturam mulierum et papyrorum nuncupatus

Picturae murales potiores enumerare oportet:
 Dorcades
 Homines ascendentes
 Iter maritimum
 Mulieres crocos decerpentes, progredientes, adorantes, dea quadam offerentes
 Mulieres et papyri
 Piscatores
 Pueri pugiles
 Simiae
 Ver

Statuarum ibi repertarum una tantum auro fingitur, scilicet ibex, sed figlinae multae.

 Bibliographia 
 Generalia
 C. Doumas, Thera: Pompeii of the Ancient Aegean. Londinii, 1983
 Carl Knappett, Irene Nikolakopoulou, "Colonialism without Colonies? A Bronze Age Case Study from Akrotiri, Thera" in Hesperia vol. 77 (2008) pp. 1-42
 Nanno Marinatos, Kunst und Religion im alten Thera. Zur Rekonstruktion einer bronzezeitlichen Gesellschaft. Athenis: Mathioulakis, 1987
 S. Marinatos, Excavations at Thera. 7 voll. Athenis, 1968-1976
 Clairy Palyvou, Akrotiri, Thera: An Architecture of Affluence 3,500 Years Old. Philadelphiae: INSTAP Academic Press, 2005
 Clairy Palyvou, "Notes on the Town Plan of Late Cycladic Akrotiri, Thera" in Annual of the British School at Athens vol. 81 (1986) pp. 179-194
 P. M. Warren, "The date of the Thera eruption" in E. Czerny et al., Timelines: Studies in Honour of Manfred Bietak (Lovanii Novi: Peeters, 2006. ISBN 90-429-1730-X. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta vol. 149) pp. 305–321

 De picturis muralibus
 Anne P. Chapin, "Boys Will Be Boys: Youth and Gender Identity in the Theran Frescoes" in Constructions of Childhood in Ancient Greece and Italy (Princetoniae, 2007. Hesperia: supplement 41) pp. 229-255
 Marco Masseti, "Taxonomic and behavioural aspects of the representation of mammals in Aegean Bronze Age" in E. Kotjabopoulou, Y. Hamilakis, P. Halstead, C. Gamble, and P. Elefanti, edd., Zooarchaeology in Greece: Recent Advances (Londinii: British School at Athens, 2003. British School at Athens Studies, vol. 9) pp. 273-281
 Suzanne Peterson Murray, "Reconsidering the Room of the Ladies at Akrotiri" in ΧΑΡΙΣ: Essays in Honor of Sara A. Immerwahr (Princetoniae, 2004. Hesperia: supplement 33) pp. 101-130

 De statuis et instrumento domestico
 Panayiota Sotirakopoulou, "Early Cycladic Pottery from Akrotiri on Thera and Its Chronological Implications" in Annual of the British School at Athens vol. 81 (1986) pp. 297-312
 Panayiota Sotirakopoulou, "The Early Bronze Age Stone Figurines from Akrotiri on Thera and their Significance for the Early Cycladic Settlement" in Annual of the British School at Athens vol. 93 (1998)
 Anastasia Devetzi, "The 'Imported' Stone Vases at Akrotiri, Thera: A New Approach to the Material" in Annual of the British School at Athens vol. 95 (2000) pp. 121-139

 De agricultura et alimentis
 Anaya Sarpaki, "A Palaeoethnobotanical Study of the West House, Akrotiri, Thera" in Annual of the British School at Athens vol. 87 (1992) pp. 219-230
 Anaya Sarpaki, "Harvest Rites and Corn Dollies in the Bronze Age Aegean" in Essays on Ritual and Cult in Crete in Honor of Geraldine C. Gesell (Princetoniae, 2009. Hesperia: supplement 42) pp. 59-67
 Anaya Sarpaki, "Processed Cereals and Pulses from the Late Bronze Age Site of Akrotiri, Thera; Preparations Prior to Consumption: A Preliminary Approach to Their Study" in Annual of the British School at Athens vol. 96 (2001) pp. 27-40
 Anaya Sarpaki, Glynis Jones, "Ancient and Modern Cultivation of Lathyrus clymenum L. in the Greek Islands" in Annual of the British School at Athens vol. 85 (1990) pp. 363-368 JSTOR

 Nexus externi 

 "Akrotiri" et "Prehistoric Thera Museum" apud Odysseus
 "Akrotiri (Santorini)" apud Megalithic Portal
 "Akrotiri" apud Archipelagum Aegaeum
 "Akrotiri, Thera (Santorini)" apud Museum Archaeologicum Nationale Atheniense

Categoria:Loci archaeologici Graeciae
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