Traces of Transport at the Vienna Hofburg Roof Constructions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22360246 |
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| Authors | Elisabeth Wächter (0000-0002-3005-9033, Universitätsklinikum Tulln), Michael Grabner (0000-0002-5220-721X, Universitätsklinikum Tulln) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1-3 |
| Pages | 169-179 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Wood Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2772-3186 • E-ISSN: 2772-3194 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/27723194-20210011 |
| OpenAlex | W3187364409 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
The Vienna Hofburg is a large complex of buildings of unique historic importance with historical wooden constructions from the 13th to the 20th century. Within its wooden roof constructions, rafting wedges were found, which proves that the timber used did not originate in the surroundings of Vienna but had to be transported to the city. An ascertainment of these residual traces in eleven wings of the Hofburg building was made; five different types (within two main groups) of rafting wedges and withies (softened twigs that can be used like short ropes to tie trunks together) were defined: (1) simple flat wedges, driven into the fresh wood; (2) round or squared wedges, with or without withies driven into bored wholes. It was not possible to trace back the origin of the construction timber by means of that typology. However, the combination of dendroprovenancing and historic records found in archives led to first results
Archaeology · Linguistics · Roof · Typology · Archaeological Research and Protection · Civil and Structural Engineering Research · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Philosophy · Geology
| Highly cited | No |
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