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DISTINCT, LATE BRONZE AGE ( c. 1650bc) WALL-PAINTINGS FROM AKROTIRI, THERA, COMPRISING ADVANCED GEOMETRICAL PATTERNS*.

This paper studies a set of wall-paintings of the Late Bronze Age (c. 1650bc) initially decorating the internal walls of the third floor of the edifice called ‘Xeste 3’, excavated at Akrotiri, Thera, whose restoration is now in progress. It deals with the methods used for the drawing of the geometri...

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Published in:Archaeometry Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 97 - 115
Main Authors: Papaodysseus, C., Panagopoulos, Th., Exarhos, M., Fragoulis, D., Roussopoulos, G., Rousopoulos, P., Galanopoulos, G., Triantafillou, C., Vlachopoulos, A., Doumas, C.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Feb2006
Subjects:
Bronze Age
Painting
Pattern perception
Curve fitting
Coloring of metals
Akrotíri Peninsula (Greece)
Santorini Island (Greece)
Greece
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          Roussopoulos, G.
          Rousopoulos, P.
          Galanopoulos, G.
          Triantafillou, C.
          Vlachopoulos, A.
          Doumas, C.
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          National Technical University of Athens, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 9 Heroon Polytechneiou, GR-15773, Athens, Greece
          National University of Athens, Akrotiri Excavations, Thera, Greece
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        Pattern perception
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        Coloring of metals
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          Painting
          Pattern perception
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          Coloring of metals
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        ORIGINS OF GEOMETRY
        PATTERN RECOGNITION
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