Figure 9. Reservoir R7 after cleanout, with 20th century plaster intact. 27 October 2016.
Figure 22. Crew members begin cleaning of sediment and algae. 26 October, 2016
Figure 2. Reservoir R7 in courtyard of House 52 before work began. 10 Oct 2016.
Figure 3. Excavation of the rubble approaching completion. 25 October 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 21. The dry south west corner of Reservoir 13 with its deposit of plastic bottles on top of algae ‘rooted’ in about 3 cm of new sediment. 26 October, 2016.
Fig. 6. Supply channel created by the Masa’eid to direct the overflow from R13 to Reservoir R7. 2 Nov. 2016.
Figure 4. Reservoir R7 cleaning completed. The Druze-constructed pillars supported the roof. 1 Nov. 2016
