Day 2 of the 2016 Season

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Very good progress was made on our second day in part due to the cooler weather. In DR40, we are almost to the level of the lower potion of the window wall:

 

DR40 on 04 July 2016
by Dr. Mark Schuler
on Sketchfab

In DP44 we are approaching floor level and so we opened a portion of DP45 to the north.

DP44 and DP45 on 04 July 2016
by Dr. Mark Schuler
on Sketchfab

Most fascinating is that W583 does not continue to the north but end with a substantive pilaster after 1.2 m. We will search for a match to the north.

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The 2016 Season begins

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The Concordia Team has completed its first day of excavation at Hippos Sussita. For each day of the season, we are preparing 3D models and posting them here to document our progress. Today the team opened work in two areas:

  • A building north of the church and related to it (Square DP44)
  • The east storage room of the House of Tyche completing work begun last year (Square DR40)

The work in DP44 has begun to expose more of W583. Below is the model:

DP44 on 3 July 2016
by Dr. Mark Schuler
on Sketchfab

The work in DR40 seems to be revealing the west face of W1298. Here is its model:

DR40 on 3 July 2016
by Dr. Mark Schuler
on Sketchfab

Progress is noted, but we have much work to do before we can draw any conclusions.

 

In just over two weeks . . .

Getting the gear

I will be loading my gear and getting ready to fly off to Israel with fifteen volunteers for the 2016 season at Hippos of the Decapolis. It will be great to see old friends again (yes, we are all getting older), but even more to see what the ground will give us. I’ll post pictures and models here on a pretty regular basis beginning Sunday, 3 July.

 

 

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