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Fig. 44. Archaeological excavations (1998–99) in Sauna Street, Tallinn, revealed remains of wooden houses of local tradition from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The material culture also revealed items of Western European origin, indicating a symbiosis of native and imported elements in early Livonian towns (© Tallinna Ülikooli arheoloogia teaduskogu arhiiv).
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Fig. 45. Renovated merchant’s house in Lai Street, Tallinn. The fifteenth-century limestone building is a typical combination of the representative living floor and storage facilities. Photograph by Stanislav Stepashko.
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Fig. 46. Silver popinjay, a trophy in the annual shooting contest of the Black Heads in Tallinn, first half of the sixteenth century (Niguliste Muuseum, Tallinn). Photograph by Stanislav Stepashko.
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Fig. 47. Token of the poor table in Tallinn, 1539. The token was given to registered poor and authorised for a regular food donation (Eesti Ajaloomuuseum, Tallinn, AM 39298). Photograph by Ivar Leimus.
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Fig. 48. Remains of a section of Tallinn aqueduct, excavated in 2016. The limestone-cased canal (4 km in length) was built in the middle of the fourteenth century to supply urban wells, the town moat and the water mills. It was covered with limestone plates in the Early Modern period. Photograph by Andres Tvauri.
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Fig. 49. Fourteenth-century cod from the cog wreck found in Tallinn. Originally the cod tails were bundled together. The remains of what was probably Norwegian stockfisch preserved next to a tripod pot may have been part of the crew’s diet. Photograph by Jaana Ratas.
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Fig. 50. Tristan and Iseult, bench end in Tallinn Town Hall, second half of the fourteenth century (Tallinna Raekoda). Photograph by Stanislav Stepashko.
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