A final photo of our area (and its pile of debris) before we refill our site. Our shade is let down at night to prevent people from falling into 3 foot deep holes.The last morning we continued to clean up our area, filling and emptying buckets to remove our piles of accumulated soil and debris. (And in the process eliminating all signs of our work.) At the end of the morning the courtyard was once again a courtyard and accessible through the excavated 'gate' area.
Photos showing the progression of work done on the gate area over the 4 weeks.
Photo 2: (Above) uncovering the stones hidden by the gravel in the pathway.
Photo 3: (a reverse image from photo 1)
the stones cleared of debris and the iron railing and retaining wall removed (on left).Photo 4: A cut showing the layers of flooring and soil below the stone flooring.
Photo 5: Areas not covered by stone flooring are excavated while 3 sections of stone flooring are removed.
Photo 6: A wide stone wall uncovered at west end of flooring. (View is towards courtyard and away from stone floor.)
Photo 7: Roman era pottery found below portion of eastern wall and flooring, providing an 'earliest' date for structures above.
Photo 8: Further excavation below removed stones, uncovering an earlier floor. Half of the earlier floor was removed in an effort to gain pottery samples for dating the level.
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