Abstract
The article presents and describes the conservation of masonry structures at archaeological site in Tanais near Rostov-on-Don in Russia. The authors' experiences presented in the article result from many years of cooperation between the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology and the Centre for Research on the Antiquity of Southeastern Europe at the University of Warsaw. Works on masonry structures located in the area of archaeological excavations are characterized by a unique specificity covering both formal issues, resulting from international standards and agreements regulating the conservation of historic buildings, as well as technical and environmental issues. The basic technical issues include ensuring the safety of further excavation works, protection of masonry structures against the destructive effects of atmospheric condition and preparing the structure for possible presentation in archaeological parks organized on the site of trenches. Environmental issues relate to local, social and economic conditions. The article presents the procedures that should be used in the maintenance of antique irregular masonry and presents the specific technological and material solutions used in the example objects.
Highlights
The ancient town of Tanais was formerly located probably at the shore of Azov Sea and at the same time at the mouth of the Don River [1, 2]
Correct diagnosis of historic masonry structures constitutes the basis for the effectiveness of all other activities related to their maintenance, strengthening, rehabilitation and preparation for their later exposure
One of the common types of ancient masonry structures exposed as part of archaeological excavations are irregular masonries
Summary
The ancient town of Tanais was formerly located probably at the shore of Azov Sea and at the same time at the mouth of the Don River [1, 2]. Since 1999, Polish research has been carried out in trench XXV located in the western part of Western Tanais. To the north of street ‘a’ an architectural complex of rooms ‘A’ and ‘D’ was located. To the south of this street another complex of several rooms (‘B’, ‘C’, ‘E’ and ‘F’) was situated. The research was carried out as part of conservation missions by the Division of Fundamental of Building and Sustainable Development of the Civil Engineering Faculty of the Warsaw University of Technology in cooperation with the Institute of Archaeology of the University of Warsaw and the Antiquity in South-eastern Europe Research Centre .The first season was oriented on detailed documentation with a 3d scanner [23]. One of the outcomes of that documentation is three-dimensional model of the trench XXV, which allows to perform precise measurements of structures located inside (Fig. 1)
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