Figure 17. Close up view of quarry marks. Below the 10-cm scale stick the groove in which wood wedges soaked with water were jammed is clearly visible. Because of the fine-grained igneous texture, the basalt blocks split of smoothly, similar to a flint sliver knapped from a core. 1 November, 2016.
Figure 3. Excavation of the rubble approaching completion. 25 October 2016.
Figure 7. Reservoir R31 just after the cleanout began, 11 Oct. 2016.
Figure 14. Leveled area looking south-southwest across Reservoir R19. 25 October 2016.
Figure 2. Reservoir R7 in courtyard of House 52 before work began. 10 Oct 2016.
Figure 12. Reservoir with rock and soil heaps; looking north. 11 Oct. 2016.
Fig. 6. Supply channel created by the Masa’eid to direct the overflow from R13 to Reservoir R7. 2 Nov. 2016.
Figure 24. Team 1. The group that worked the first two weeks and is mostly responsible for the clearing and cleaning of reservoirs R7 and R31.
Figure 23. The cleaned portion of exposed floor. Proper care of this water source will require periodic cleaning of the entire reservoir floor, at times when the entire water supply is used up. 27 October, 2016.
