House of the Tiles
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The House of the Tiles is a monumental Early Bronze Age corridor house in Lerna, Greece, notable for its advanced architecture and role as an important administrative or communal building.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| House of the Tiles canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Early Bronze Age structure
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corridor house ⓘ prehistoric building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | corridor house type ⓘ |
| associatedWith | emergence of social complexity in Early Bronze Age Greece ⓘ |
| chronology | Early Helladic II ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| culture | Early Helladic II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | fire ⓘ |
| destructionPeriod | transition from Early Helladic II to Early Helladic III ⓘ |
| endTime | ca. 2200 BC ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
NERFINISHED
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John L. Caskey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavationStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| function |
administrative center
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communal building ⓘ possible elite residence ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central corridor
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courtyard or open area ⓘ massive walls ⓘ monumental entrance ⓘ multiple stories ⓘ staircase ⓘ storage rooms ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named for its large number of terracotta roof tiles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Argolid
NERFINISHED
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Greece ⓘ Lerna NERFINISHED ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
mudbrick
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stone socle ⓘ terracotta roof tiles ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
Bay of Argos
NERFINISHED
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Lernaean marshes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | prehistoric settlement of Lerna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Early Bronze Age ⓘ |
| postDestructionTreatment |
covered by tumulus
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not rebuilt after destruction ⓘ |
| referencedIn | scholarship on corridor houses in the Aegean ⓘ |
| roofType | tiled roof ⓘ |
| significance |
example of complex Early Bronze Age architecture in the Aegean
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one of the earliest known tiled-roof buildings in Greece ⓘ |
| site | Lerna archaeological site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | ca. 2500 BC ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Aegean prehistory
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archaeology ⓘ |
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Subject: House of the Tiles Description of subject: The House of the Tiles is a monumental Early Bronze Age corridor house in Lerna, Greece, notable for its advanced architecture and role as an important administrative or communal building.
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