Исследования на улице Майронё 19. Отражение ремeсел и торговли в Вильнюсе в XIX – начале XX в
ENThe 19th - early 20th centuries, is a period that is usually of little interestto archaeologists. However, archaeological excavations in 2009 and 2014 in Maironiostreet, 19, in Vilnius came to be interesting as the chance to see how archaeology reflectsthis very often underestimated time period already known by written sources. The excavations were carried out on the site where, according to historical sources where stonehouses, in which ordinary citizens lived, small craftsmen and traders rented the apartments had been situated since the 18th - 19th centuries. There were several small shops, atavern, a Jewish school, a bakery, and so on. Though not numerous, the findings related totrade and craft (and thus urban lifestyle) expand our knowledge about daily life of ordinary citizens in the 19th - early 20th centuries. Most of the residents at the time were smallartisans and merchants. So, in this article we mainly focus on the reflection of this stratumof population life and activity in the archaeological material.Our goal was to determinehow cultural layers and artifacts reflect the data of the written sources and to show howarchaeology confirms (or perhaps rejects?) the available information.
