Archaeological window

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An archaeological window is used to make a ground monument or the results of an archaeological excavation visible to the public at the place where they were found.

function

Archaeological windows are set up where archaeologically interesting structures that cannot be recovered from the ground without destruction or without great effort or that are intentionally left in place are to be made accessible to an interested public. The archaeological windows are often constructed in such a way that they protect the structures from the effects of the weather or from contact and thus from accidental or intentional damage, but allow them to be viewed from the outside through a pane of glass or a grille.

In a broader sense, places where archaeological finds can be viewed on site are also generally referred to as archaeological windows, even if they are not protected by a special housing, for example because they are inside buildings, and if there is between them and the viewer no obstacle is arranged.

Structural preservation of monuments

In building research and planning monuments small portions of superposed are layers of plaster and paint traces of walls, ceilings and other components in layers removed to stratigraphy to identify and original stock. The exposed areas are also referred to as diagnosis windows or frame windows . The sequence of paintings in chronological order, uncovered in several adjacent strips, is called the search staircase , exposure staircase or cross -section.

Examples

Archaeological showcase in the Elisengarten in Aachen
  • Aachen : The archaeological windows in Aachen have different shapes. They range from a simple pane of glass in the floor to a showcase with a glass window to an archaeological showcase with glass walls and a covered walkway. Above all, remains of Celtic and Roman settlements as well as foundation walls from the Carolingian and Staufer times are shown. In the archaeological showcase in the Elisengarten, over 5000 years of city history are presented in a single archaeological window, in which finds from the Stone Age and the Celtic Age were prepared and described, including those from the Roman , Carolingian , Middle Ages and modern times .
  • Bad Windsheim : The archaeological window in Bad Windsheim consists of three glass pyramids on the town's market square, through which you can look into the historic gypsum cellars from the time Bad Windsheim was founded. Finds on the history of the town from the 10th to the 14th century are displayed in several showcases in the gypsum cellars, which are accessible as part of guided tours.
  • Berlin : An archaeological window in the Hotel Capri by Fraser in Berlin-Mitte shows the foundation walls of a medieval Latin school that were excavated in 2007. The tower foundation of the Renaissance hunting castle can be seen in another window on Köpenick Castle Island . The archaeological windows in Spandau include the Archaeological Window Burg Spandau in the Spandau Citadel , the Archaeological Cellar on Reformationsplatz and the Gothic House in Breite Straße 32. A window that does not look far back into the past is the Archaeological Window on the Ascension Church in Volkspark Humboldthain , in which the foundations of the previous building that existed from 1894 to 1954 have been secured.
Remains of the kennel wall in the basement of a commercial building in Munich
  • Hamburg-Harburg : On the ground floor of house number 39 on Harburger Schloßstraße , the Archaeological Museum Hamburg set up a three-part archaeological window in which information on the history of the oldest street in Harburg and the excavation results there is presented, which extends to an excavation depth of 4.5 m and which document the settlement history from the 13th century to the present day.
  • Jülich : In the shop of a bookstore at Kölnstrasse 9, the foundation of a polygonal late Roman fort can be seen under glass, which was uncovered during renovation work to expand the shop. The find is listed as a ground monument and can be viewed during the opening hours of the bookshop.
Burial place in the crypt of the Wasserkirche in Zurich
  • Landshut : In the church Alt-St. Nikola, there is an open area in the floor between the first and second columns on the left-hand side, which reveals the remains of the previous Romanesque building . Among other things , you can see parts of the floor of this ancient church, which consists of rectangular brick slabs, as well as a wall fragment of the north wall, the oldest known stone masonry in the Landshut city area.
  • Munich : In the business premises in the basement of an office building at Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 1 in, remnants of the medieval castle wall have been partially exposed and can be seen from the outside. During an excavation salvaged foundations of the kennel wall and of a half-shell tower were translocated in a green stripe at the Isartor publicly accessible rebuilt. Other archaeological findings, for example the foundation walls of the Kaufingertor or the Lueg ins Land , are not clearly visible, but their location is made recognizable by a corresponding pattern in the pavement paving.
  • Zurich : The archaeological windows in Zurich are spread over the old town of Zurich and together form a kind of decentralized city museum. Their spectrum ranges from the ruins of a Roman fort to a glimpse into a medieval Jewish dwelling house to the Ehgraben , which illustrates the waste and sewage problems of the medieval city.

Web links

Commons : Archaeological windows  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jacky Beumling: Possibilities and limits of the assessment of the monument - procedure and case studies of colored architectural decoration, p. 47ff, article in the publication "Color findings on the monument: meaning - methodology - impact", documentation for the 26th Cologne discussion on architecture and monument preservation in Cologne, May 7, 2018; Messages from the LVR Office for Monument Preservation in the Rhineland - Issue 32; LVR Office for the Preservation of Monuments in the Rhineland, Rhineland Regional Association
  2. ^ Archaeological Windows in Aachen. In: archaeologie-aachen.de. City of Aachen, accessed on April 4, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Archaeological showcase - Elisengarten. In: archaeologische-vitrine.de. City of Aachen, accessed on April 4, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Archaeological Window. In: bad-windsheim.de. City of Bad Windsheim, July 4, 2018, accessed April 5, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Archaeological Windows. In: berlin.de. June 15, 2018, accessed April 4, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Cross-section through the Jülich city history. In: Aachener Zeitung. November 6, 2018, accessed April 5, 2019 .
  7. ^ Heinrich Habel, Johannes Hallinger, Timm Weski: Landeshauptstadt München - Mitte (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Ed.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.2 / 1 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-87490-586-2 .
  8. ^ Archaeological Windows - City of Zurich. In: stadt-zuerich.ch. City of Zurich, accessed April 4, 2019 .