Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21857/mwo1vczrry
PROTECTIVE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH CONDUCTED AT THE LOCATION PRERADOVIĆEVA 14 IN VARAŽDIN - CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF CITY DITCHES
Marijana Korunek-Medved
orcid.org/0000-0002-1219-7512
; Konzervatorski odjel u Varaždinu
Abstract
Protective archaeological research was carried out in 2007. at the location
Preradovićeva 14 in Varaždin, where the extension of the the First Gymnasium -
high school was planed. They covered the part of the buried eastern ditch that
was part of the defense system of Varaždin City from the mid. 15th to the early
19th century. Archaeological research has largely confirmed the available historical
data on the town’s ditches system, and its backfilling at the beginning of the
19th century, as well as the results of earlier research on similar locations in the
City of Varaždin. Interestingly, the level of ground in this location was about 170
cm lower than today’s up to the 1970s, and was relatively late aligned with the
streets and surrounding plots. The reason we can find in the fact that this plot
was enclosed by a stone wall and used as a gymnasium garden, and obviously
earlier there was no need for aligning it. The most interesting archaeological
layer was the eastern ditch itself, where a large amount of archaeological finds
were found. The fragments of ceramic vessels are certainly the most numerous
finds found during these researches, and most of them belong to ceramic vessels
used for everyday use, but we also have waxed and painted fragments also.
Many parts of stoves have been found, but they were all very fragmented. A large
number of glass vials have been found, and the most interesting are the fragments
of nine bottles of kuttrolf. We have relatively little metal findings, which
is surprising given that this was a defensive city ditch. All archeological finds can
be dated to the period from the 15th to 19th century, which is also the time that
the defense system was in use.
Keywords
Varaždin; city defense system; eastern town ditch; urban archeology; archaeological finds.
Hrčak ID:
231081
URI
Publication date:
24.12.2019.
Visits: 1.910 *