Excavations at Akrotiri on Thera, where some house roofs remain intact, have shown that U-shaped terracotta drains, set projecting out beyond the outside walls, drained roof terraces. These terraces were often surrounded by built parapets. What then of contemporary Neopalatial buildings on Crete, where construction and style are similar but much less is preserved? Evidence for the appearance and use of roofs and parapets there consists of drains that seem to have fallen, as now reported at various recently excavated sites (Kommos, Mochlos, Palaikastro); also staircases that probably led to the roof; and architectural depictions (a model, plaques). /// Οι ανασϰαφές στο Αϰϱωτήϱι της Θήϱας, όπου οι στέγες μεϱιϰών σπιτιών παϱέμειναν άθιϰτες, δείχνουν ότι πήλινες υδϱοϱϱόες με διατομή σε σχήμα U, οι οποίες τοποθετούνταν ώστε να εξέχουν της όΨεως των εξωτεϱιϰών τοίχψν, αποχέτευαν τα νεϱά από τις ταϱάτσες. Οι ταϱάτσες συχνά πεϱιβάλλονταν από ϰτιστά παϱαπέτα. Τι συνέβαινε όμως στα σύγχϱονα νεοαναϰτοϱιϰά ϰτήϱια της Κϱήτης, τα οποία είναι παϱόμοια ως πϱος την ϰατασϰειυή ϰαι το ϱυθμό, αλλά διατηϱούνται πολύ λιγότεϱο; Τεϰμήϱια για την εϰεί εμφάνιση ϰαι χϱήση επίπεδων στεγών ϰαι παϱαπέτων αποτελούν υδϱοϱϱόες που φαίνεται να έχουν πέσει, όπως αναφέϱεται για διάφοϱες θέσεις που ανασϰάφηϰαν πϱόσφατα (Κομμός, Μόχλος, Παλαίϰαστϱο), επίσης ϰλίμαϰες που πιθανώς οδηγούσαν στη στέγη ϰαθώς ϰαι αϱχιτεϰτονιϰές απειϰνίσεις (ένα ομοίωμα, πλαϰίδια).
The major objective of the publications programme of the British School at Athens is to publish work by those conducting research using its facilities. The Annual therefore includes articles of short to medium length on a wide variety of topics concerned with Hellenic culture and its interconnections with other communities. All material is peer-reviewed and the Publications Board includes nationally and internationally recognised experts in relevant fields. The thrust of the work of the School has been work on the major sites of Knossos and Sparta, together with the broader areas of Crete, Lakonia, Euboia and the Cyclades, while work of researchers, especially in the School Library and the Fitch Laboratory, covers a broad field indeed. Every volume is indexed.
The Annual is published by the British School at Athens, whose is to promote the study of Hellenic Studies in all their aspects, covering all periods from the Palaeolithic to the present. As a research institute, its principal emphasis remains empirical studies that shed light on the prehistoric, Classical and medieval past and present condition of Greek lands. These studies therefore include the anthropology, archaeology, archaeometry, art, architecture, environment, epigraphy, geography, geomorphology, history, language, literature, religion and topography of Greece and Cyprus. The School's secondary mission is to promote research more generally into the prehistoric, ancient and medieval Mediterranean.
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