Žvalgymai Palangos, Druskininkų, Puodžių gatvėse

LT2008 m. rugsėjo–gruodžio mėnesiais Kauno senamiesčio R dalyje buvo atliekami gatvių dangos rekonstrukcijos darbai. Pradiniame etape buvo perklojami lietaus nuotekų tinklai. Vienur vamzdynai buvo keičiami naujais, kitur kai kuriose vietose jų anksčiau išvis nebuvo. Gatvėse anksčiau buvo nutiesti vandentiekio, fekalinės kanalizacijos, elektros tinklai bei dujotiekis, todėl kultūrinių sluoksnių išlikimo tikimybė buvo nedidelė. Gatvės, kuriose vyko darbai, yra Kauno senamiesčio R dalyje [p. 310-311].

ENIn 2008 the storm drain network was reconstructed in the part of Kaunas Old Town. The work occurred in the S part of Palangos Street as well as on Druskininkų and Puodžių Streets. The majority of the cultural layers here had been destroyed by previously laid utility networks. 531 m of the 0.6–3 m thick cultural layers, which have partially survived, were recorded during the survey. On top of the sterile soil characteristic of Kaunas Old Town, i. e. brownish oxidised sandy loam, was a ferrous hard layer characteristic of old Kaunas streets. On top of this was a 20–40 cm thick layer of dark humus with bone debris, gravel, and small pieces of rubble. The layer contained structural ceramics and household pottery dating to the early 16th – early 17th centuries. The 18th–19th-century street surfaces had had removed and field stone paving laid, which, maintained and relaid, was used up until the mid-20th century. The pad for a stove of uncertain purpose and the foundation of probably a 19th-century building were recorded in the carriageway on Druskininkų Street, which shows that the street had been much narrower at this location.