The article presents results of the research, performed on samples of waterlogged archaeological wood: ash wood and European hazel. The preservation process was carried out using 15% and 30% of PEG 400. The consolidation process was stabilized by freeze-drying method. Next, the samples’ hardness was tested by Janka’s method.
The article presents brief characteristics of protective gloves, based on an example of an artifact excavated during archaeological exploration of a „Babel” granary at Żytnia street in Gdańsk. The object was treated and reconstructed in The Documentation and Conservation Laboratory of The Institute of Archaeology, NCU in Toruń. The article includes conservation issues, the program and description of treatments implemented working on the object, as well as the problem of importance of archaeological objects’ reconstruction to demonstrate technological processes and crafts of creating the items, especially to the public not being involved in scientific problems and having difficulties in perception of destroyed artifacts, deprived of their cultural contexts.
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