RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Cymbalak, Tomasz
A1 Matějková, Kristýna
A1 Musílek, Martin
A1 Sawicki, Jakub
T1 A New-Town Cesspit with an Assemblage of Pewter Ware : Evidential Limits of its Content Regarding Material Culture and its Users
JF Staletá Praha
YR 2019
VO 35
IS 2
SP 28
OP 67
DO 10.56112/sp.2019.2.02
UL https://staletapraha.cz/en/artkey/pha-201902-0002.php
AB The paper presents everyday life of the inhabitants of Prague New Town in the early modern period through archaeological finds coming from the fill of a large cesspit belonging to the former burgher house No. 69/II in Spálená Street. The performed analysis proved the interpretation of the finds' context difficult with regard to the repetitive use of the feature. The assemblage of the artefacts is not exceptional; therefore attention was focused on its most attractive component - the pewter ware. The authors attempted a broader search of this issue and analysis of available written evidence with the aim to find out whether the obtained data can bring nearer the events on the smallest urban cell represented by a burgher plot.