In my thesis I investigate the impact the conceptual domestication and material technical transformation of space and movement has had on the behaviour of the human organism and the way it relates to its environment. In doing so l will examine the formation and structure of three non-identical yet interrelated forms of human space; rational-geometrical space, lived space, and technologically mediated space, I combine a phenomenological approach, which allows for an analysis of the horizontal relation between embodied organism and environment, with an archaeological perspective that traces the genealogy of specific symbolic and technological formations viewed in their nexus with lived, embodied behaviour. I argue that both the process of the conceptual domestication of space, particulady in the form of what Husserl refers to as the tendency of rationalisation and technisation, as well as the concrete technological transformation of the spatial environment, come into being and develop in a comparable way, While both initially directly or indirectly presuppose the perceptual' and motor activity of the embodied human organism, their subsequent development is tendentiously characterised by a relative departure from the human body in lieu of an extra-somatic organisation and materialisation of sense and behaviour. The implications for the behaviour of the individual human organism are ambivalent. On the one hand, the increasing uncoupling of technology and conceptual systems from human embodiment, has allowed for a rapid development of the human's overall technical and symbolic capacities, The result is an expansive material and symbolic 'humanisation' (Leroi-Gourhan) of the organism's behavioural and geographical environment. On the other hand, the very same process entails a behavioural regression with regard to the human organism's sensorimotor activity. I argue, by way of the former, that this may entail a constriction of the human organism's cognitive and imaginative capacities, potentially threatening its individuality.

Findings from different disciplines were used to implement the goals of this work, with more attention given to archaeological investigations. Analysis and synthesis of investigative data allowed for achieving the goals set, for the formulation of new hypotheses and for defining groups of poorly studied Vilnius defensive heritage sites, which in turn allowed for a more comprehensive survey of the evolution of the Vilnius defensive concept. Some Vilnius defensive installations have still not been sufficiently investigated, making it problematic to define their parameters and inner and outer structures more precisely. It has to be admitted that the categorization as defensive installations of some of the sites discussed in the work is hypothetical. This work, the well-founded conclusions based on investigations drawn as well as hypotheses raised can provide a qualitatively new impulse to studies of the ancient defensive fortifications of the Lithuanian capital and the reconstruction of the urban development of Vilnius. Assessing the findings of the study, we can say that the growth of the city and evolution of defensive fortifications were intimately connected processes, therefore it would be appropriate in similar future studies to make use of as wide a data base as possible on old Vilnius. / Šio mokslinio darbo tikslams įgyvendinti buvo pasitelkti įvairių mokslo šakų rezultatai, didesnį dėmesį darbe skiriant archeologinių tyrinėjimų rezultatams. Tyrimų duomenų analizė, apibendrinimas įgalino pasiekti užsibrėžtus tikslus, iškelti naujas hipotezes, išskirti iki šiol buvusias mažiau ištirtas Vilniaus gynybinio paveldo objektų grupes, o tai suteikė galimybę nuosekliau apžvelgti Vilniaus gynybinės koncepcijos raidą. Dalis Vilniaus gynybinių įrenginių vis dar yra nepakankamai gerai ištirti, todėl apibrėžti tikslesnius jų parametrus, tūrinę ir planinę struktūrą problematiška. Tenka pripažinti, kad dalies darbe aptariamų objektų priskyrimas gynybiniams yra hipotetinis. Šis darbas ir jame iškeltos tyrimų metu gautais faktais pagrįstos išvados bei hipotezės gali suteikti kokybiškai naują impulsą Lietuvos sostinės senovės gynybinių įtvirtinimų tyrinėjimams bei Vilniaus urbanistinės raidos rekonstravimui. Įvertinus tyrimo rezultatus galima teigti, kad miesto plėtra ir gynybinių įtvirtinimų raida buvo glaudžiai tarpusavyje susiję procesai, todėl ir ateityje atliekant panašaus pobūdžio tyrimus tikslinga naudotis kiek įmanoma platesne duomenų apie senąjį Vilnių baze.

On January 1, 2014 a legislative amendment to the former National Heritage Act (1988: 950) was put in action, one of the new amendments that was conceived in what is now called Culture Environmental Act (1988: 950). The change made it possible for the County Councils to enforce that the results associated with archaeological research would be conveyed to the public. The present work is a case study aiming to see what kind of impact this amendment has had on the archaeological specifications and offer invitations for archaeological investigations. The main questions for the work are: What kind of mediation is being required by the County Councils? Why was the law changed? Is there a difference in this respect between different counties? Has there been any noticable change in practice in this respect after the amendment introduction? This study aims to answer these questions and throughout it also give you as a reader information about the history behind the changes as well as what impact the changes has had on archaeological investigations and the mediated results to the public. The aim is also to show the different ways that archaelogy is communicated and to whom.