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The House of the Tiles is a monumental Early Bronze Age building (two stories, approximately 12 x 25 m) located at the archaeological site of Lerna in southern Greece. It is notable for several architectural features that were advanced for its time, notably its roof covered by baked tiles, which gave the building its name.〔〔.〕 The building belongs to the "corridor house" type.〔.〕 The structure dates to the Early Helladic II period (2500–2300 BC) and is sometimes interpreted as the dwelling of an elite member of the community, a proto-palace, or an administrative center. Alternatively, it has also been considered to be a communal structure, i.e., the common property of the townspeople.〔.〕 The exact function remains unknown due to a lack of small finds indicating the specific uses of the building.〔 The house had a stairway leading to a second story, and was protected by a tiled roof.〔; .〕 Debris found at the site contained thousands of terracotta tiles having fallen from the roof.〔.〕 Although such roofs were also found in the Early Helladic site of Akovitika〔.〕 and later in the Mycenaean towns of Gla and Midea,〔.〕 they only became common in Greek architecture in the 7th century BC.〔.〕 The walls of the "House of the Tiles" were constructed with sun-dried bricks on stone socles.〔 Carbon-14 dates indicate that the place was finally destroyed by fire in the 22nd century BC.〔 Not long after the destruction, the place was cleared in a such a way as to leave a low tumulus over the site.〔 The site was excavated by the American School of Classical Studies under the direction of John Langdon Caskey from the University of Cincinnati. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「House of the Tiles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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