The floods 2002 and their consequences for the Institute of Archaeology in Prague.

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The floods 2002 and their consequences for the Institute of Archaeology in Prague

12th August

13th August, the day before…

14th August 2002, The Flood Culmination point: Vltava engulfing Prague from the south

14th August 2002, Culmination point

Wallenstein GardenInstitute of Archaeology Vltava riverflooded area Malá Strana from the air

16th August 2002: the disaster The Letenská street

16th August 2002: the disaster The main yard

16th August 2002: the disaster The store rooms: publications of the Institute The library: of books

16th August 2002: the disaster The photoarchives: of negatives and slides Archives of field documentation: of maps and plans Was there any flood at all?

17th August 2002 and so forth Clearing, removing, discarding…

17th August 2002 and so forth

Washing and drying: books

17th August 2002 and so forth Index cards Field maps and plans

17th August 2002 and so forth finds laboratory equipment

17th August 2002 and so forth

The message What is important, or: From pesimism and fatigue to optimism and solidarity organization of space is important and you should keep everything tidy

The message You see that people are doing their best (up to 80 staff members and volunteers were working in the Institute every day)

The message and thanks to help of renown scholars

The message optimism prevails supported by enormous solidarity

How to save it

How to save it? The field base Kounice Ústav archeologické památkové péče středních Čech

How to save it? Mochovské mrazírny, KladnoDeep frozen books: 35 tons of water

How to save it? The journey to the Kingdom of Denmark

How to save it? Konserveringstjenesten for museerne i Ribe og Rindkobing amter

How to save it? Freeze-dried books at Olgod and Elmer Fabech

How to save it? The archives included: cca 12,000 field plans, site maps and photogrammetric plans, half of which had been transferred to microfiches in 1990s Flooded: cca 50% Lost: cca 10% Immediately washed and disinfected: 10% Deep frozen: 30% Microfiches saved completely!

How to save it? Photoarchive consisted of: 180,000 negatives (incl. 20,000 on glass) 20,000 of slides (incl. 10,000 on glass) Inventory books Two card catalogues (cca 400,000 A5 paper cards) Flooded: more than 80% of all Lost and/or seriously damaged: over 50%

How to save it? The Department of Prague Castle Archaeology Washing and disinfection of negatives

How to save it? Landesamt für Archäologie des Freistaates Sachsen, Dresden

The aim of all activities: to gain time for the revitalisation of archaeological data