C Doumas

Biographic Data

ID363636
NAMEC Doumas
GIVEN NAMESC
FAMILY NAMEDoumas
SIGNATUREDOUMAS C
AFFILIATIONSNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1982
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
H-INDEX1

  • Managing the Archaeological Heritage

    C Doumas, Christos G DoumasARTICLEConservation and Management of…2013

    This article deals with the archaeological site of Akrotiri on the Cycladic island of Thera (Santorini), Greece, and demonstrates, in particular, how the construction of a new protective shelter has provided an opportunity for enhancing the present and future conservation and management of the site in accordance with, among other values, the aspirations of the local community. Drawing on the experience of the author as Director of the excavation,…

  • Geometric templates used in the Akrotiri (Thera) wall-paintings

    Open AccessC Papaodysseus, Michail Panagopoulos et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2008References: 2

    A research team at Akrotiri, Thera, here examine the Bronze Age frescoes and show that the artists were making use of templates of well known geometric curves. Some of the spirals, hyperbolae and ellipses which all feature in the repertoire do not occur in nature and must have their origin in some still unknown human science or aesthetic

  • Distinct, Late Bronze Age ( C . 1650 Bc ) Wall‐paintings From Akrotiri, Thera, Comprising Advanced Geometrical Patterns

    Open AccessC Papaodysseus, TH PANAGOPOULOS et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2006References: 2

    This paper studies a set of wall‐paintings of the Late Bronze Age ( c. 1650 bc ) 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 geometrical figures appearing in these wall‐paintings. It is demonstrated that most of the depicted configurations correspond with accuracy to geometrical …

  • Cycladic

    R L N Barber, Keith Branigan et al.CHAPTER2003

  • Thera

    J Lesley Fitton, C Doumas et al.CHAPTER2003

  • A lepidopterous cocoon from Thera and evidence for silk in the Aegean Bronze Age

    Eva Panagiotakopulu, Paul C Buckland et al.ARTICLEAntiquity1997Cited by: 3References: 10

    What were the fine garments vividly painted in the Minoan frescoes made of? Fine cotton (cotton from Egypt is still prized today)? Or the yet finer fabric of silk? And if silk, where did the stuff, or knowledge of cultivating the silk-worms, come from? A cocoon from Santorini offers new evidence

  • Natural insecticides and insect repellents in antiquity

    Open AccessEva Panagiotakopulu, Paul C Buckland et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science1995

  • Cycladic Art

    M L Wilson, C DoumasARTICLEThe South African Archaeological…1984

  • Thera and the Aegean World, I. Papers Presented at the Second International Scientific Congress, Santorini, Greece, August 1978

    William R Biers, C DoumasARTICLEThe Classical World1982