Figure 28. While stones were being removed, another part of the team began removing the soil using buckets and ropes. The strategy was to remove the thinner layers from the edges where bedrock was higher to isolate the deeper and thicker layer in the middle. This and the following 20 photographs show the soil ‘melt’ away until the final remnant is removed from the deeper center. 20-10-2015
Figure 54. … including the walls. For inscription see Fig. 5. 14-11-2015. Photo by Muaffaq Hazza.
Figure 58. Removing sediment mound from this and earlier cleanouts south side of reservoir. 7-11-2015.
Figure 17. Sediment basin 2, stone removal, part 1. 19-10-2015
Figure 25. Stone up 3. 24-10-2015.
Figure 51. Detol Chlorine and Dish Soap for the power wash solution. 14-11-2015.
Figure 41. Another way was to dam up the puddles and move the water away sideways. 8-11-2015.
Figure 2. Butler 1913 Ill. 138. The Great Reservoir; View from the Southeast. Archaeological Archives, accessed November 25, 2015, Identifier # 925; http://vrc.princeton.edu/archives/items/show/10746.
Figure 10. Roman Reservoir the day after the rains, 2-2-2012.
