LT2012 m. rugsėjo–gruodžio mėnesiais pagal UAB "Danės gildijos" užsakymą BRIAI vykdė detaliuosius archeologinius tyrimus Klaipėdos senamiestyje, Turgaus g. 37. Šiame sklype KU tyrimus atlieka nuo 2006 m. Jų metu nugriauto konditerijos fabriko vietoje buvo lokalizuota Šv. Jono bažnyčia, ištirti jos viduje buvę palaidojimai (ATL 2006 metais, V., 2007, p. 258–265). Klojant elektros kabelį ties gynybinio bastiono šlaitu, šiame objekte nedidelės apimties žvalgomieji tyrimai atlikti 2010 m. (ATL 2010 me - tais, V., 2011, p. 343–347). Sklypo valdytojui atnaujinus 2008 m. neužbaigto pastato įrengimo darbus, 2012 m. tyrimai buvo atlikti inžinerinių tinklų įrengimui skirtoje teritorijoje. Tiriama vietovė apima lokalizuotos XVI a. II pusės-XVII a. Šv. Jono bažnyčios aplinką, kurioje pagal kartografinius ir istorinius duomenis stovėjo kita krašto lietuviams skirta bažnyčia. Už galinės (ŠR) Šv. Jono bažnyčios sienos tyrimų metu buvo fiksuotas gausus XVI a. II pusės-XVII a. pradžios radiniais suformuotas sluoksnis, kuris, tikėtina, supiltas kiek vėliau nei datuojami radiniai. Tarp jų vyrauja statybinė, buitinė keramika, kokliai. Nemaža dalis radinių turi gamybinio broko žymių, patys fragmentai itin smulkūs. Taip pat aptikta matricos fragmentų bei unikalių radinių: iš narelių sudaryta grandinėlė, stilizuota apvali žalvarinė detalė su reljefiniu veideliu, bronzinė neaiškios paskirties plokštelė, sagtį primenantis žalvarinis dirbinys ir kt. Daugiau apie chronologinį šio sluoksnio suformavimo kontekstą duomenų tikimasi gauti iš 2013 m. vykdomų tyrimų. [...] [p. 335, 337].
ENIn 2012, the BRIAI conducted an excavation at Turgaus st. 37 in Klaipėda old town. The territory encompasses Klaipėda’s religious nucleus during the second half of the 16th–17th centuries; two churches (St John’s (German) and the Lithuanian church) stood at this site. After the business sector began to implement an apartment construction project in 2006, the location of St John’s was identified. After the construction work was renewed in 2012, the investigations continued in the vicinity of this church. In all, 447 m2 were investigated. The remains of the area’s 16th-century development were found and the size and plan view of St John’s church known up until then were corrected. After the church’s rear wall was discovered, the church’s length was determined. Together with the tower, it was 49 m long. Its outward projecting foundation was unearthed at the church’s NW side wall. According to the cartographic data, it marks the site of the sacristy. The remnants of stone paving discovered in various locations allow the boundaries of the church’s paved territory to be expanded. In the NE part, it was not paved. On the SE side the paving extended up to 20 m from the church. In the NW part, the paving was bounded by other structures, which correspond to the site of the Lithuanian church according to the cartographic data. A small fragment of the SE wall of the Lithuanian church was discovered during the investigation. After it was demolished, a layer of clay connected with the city’s bastioned trace formed at this location. A peaty layer gradually formed on top of it and household and construction waste was dumped there.Animal bones were collected in great abundance. This cultural layer horizon with abundant finds that is found in the vicinity of church began to form at the turn of the 18th century and it is entirely likely that it was in the early 18th century after St John’s church had been moved to a new plot in the city.