Archaeological Study in Saint Petersburg, Novgorodskaya Street, in 2018

Исследования на территории ЭС-2 Центральной ТЭЦ филиала «Невский» ПАО «ТГК-1» на Новгородской улице в Санкт-Петербурге проведены в связи с предстоящим строительством водогрейной котельной. Были изучены небольшие участки сохранившегося непотревоженного культурного слоя, фрагмент деревянного сооружения (шурф 3), каменного фундамента (шурф 5), мощение Старорусской улицы и дренажный колодец под ним (шурф 4). В результате на основании исторических данных и полевых работ был выявлен объект археологического наследия «Рождественская часть 1. Участок культурного слоя города Санкт-Петербурга XVIII - начала XX в.». Работы на объекте продолжаются. The excavations on the Novgorodskaya street in St. Petersburg were conducted due to the upcoming construction of a hot water boiler house. Small sections of the preserved, undisturbed cultural layer; a fragment of a wooden structure (pit 3); stone foundation (pit 5); the pavement of Starorusskaya street and a drainage well underneath it (pit 4) were studied. As a result, the object of archaeological heritage “Rozhdestvenskaya site 1. The sector of cultural layer of the 18 - early 20 centuries' city of St. Petersburg” was revealed, based on historical data and fieldwork. Archaeological study on the site continues.

The Issue of Authenticity in Reconstruction of Wooden Building as an Interpretation of the Historical Site - Case Studies of Log Cabins from Tennessee State, USA

The paper critically discusses the issue of reconstruction of a historic wooden structure carried out as part of the process of protection and interpretation of a place of special historical importance. The problem is presented on the example of historic log cabins located in the Tennessee state in the USA. These are the following architectural objects: the Cabin at the Meriwether Lewis Monument, the architectural complex in Wynnewood and The Historic Sam Davis Home and Plantation. The presented case studies contribute to the analysis of the horizon of authenticity both the reconstructed architectural structures and the historical sites in which they are located.

Flatware Cases in the Second Half of the 20th Century

Maria da Conceição Cardoso de Menezes (Guimarães, 1903 – Porto, 1989) revisited the old Portuguese tradition of making cases for flatware, producing especially designed cases for tea and coffee spoons. Endowed with great manual skill, she replicated models of the 19th century. The novelty consisted on luxurious coffee spoons cases’ of small dimensions. With wooden structure, these presented a leather lining on the outside enriched with metal fittings, while crimson velvet and gallons lined the inside. Some oral memoirs will also be hereby presented giving the context of her production.

Dating the Noceto Vasca Votiva, a unique wooden structure of the 15th century BCE, and the timing of a major societal change in the Bronze Age of northern Italy

The Noceto ‘Vasca Votiva’ (votive tank), discovered in excavations on a terrace at the southern edge of the Po Plain, northern Italy, is a unique well-preserved wooden (primarily oak) structure dated to the advanced through late Middle Bronze Age (~1600–1300 BCE). This complex monument, comprising two super-imposed tanks, is generally linked with an important but uncertain ritual role involving water. The context provides extraordinary preservation of both wooden, other organic, and cultural finds. The key question until now, hindering further interpretation of this remarkable structure, has been the precise date of the tanks. Initial work pointed to use of the two tanks over about a century. Using dendrochronology and radiocarbon ‘wiggle-matching’ we report near-absolute construction dates for both of the tanks. The lower (older) tank is dated ~1444±4 BCE and the upper (more recent) tank is dated 12 years later at ~1432±4 BCE. This dating of the construction of the Noceto tanks in the 3rd quarter of the 15th century BCE further enables us to reassess the overall period of activity of this wooden complex and its association with a major period of societal change in the Bronze Age of northern Italy starting in the later 15th century BCE.