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.
Figure 4. Reservoir R7 cleaning completed. The Druze-constructed pillars supported the roof. 1 Nov. 2016
Figure 3. Excavation of the rubble approaching completion. 25 October 2016.
Figure 13. Removal of twentieth century reservoir cleanout. 12 Oct. 2016.
Figure 25. Team 2. The Group mostly responsible for clearing the deep stone layer from Quarry-Reservoir R19. 2 November, 2016.
Fig. 6. Supply channel created by the Masa’eid to direct the overflow from R13 to Reservoir R7. 2 Nov. 2016.
Figure 7. Reservoir R31 just after the cleanout began, 11 Oct. 2016.
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 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.
