Using photos from the 2014 season and a technique call photogrammetry, Jackie Wiebold has constructed a 3D model of the small room built over the remains of the southeast corner of the House of Tyche. Work on that room was completed this summer. Join the excavation (virtually) and explore the area for yourself!
Although Concordia did not send a team for the 2014 season, Dr. Mark Schuler and area supervisor Darryl Schmidt did spend the first week of July at Sussita doing maintenance on the Northeast Insula.
“Maintenance” means pulling weeds, removing small areas of tumble, and recovering mosaic floor exposed over the winter. In addition, Schuler and Schmidt completed work from the previous season. They exposed the rest of a small and late room built over the remains of the southeast corner of the House of Tyche. Next to the bench in the corner, they recovered a nearly intact Roman juglet, the form of which resembled a small amphora, only with one handle.
Two additional projects completed the week. A small probe was dug to bedrock in the sleeping chamber east of the apse of the Northeast Church. There Darryl recovered a fine Hellenistic drinking bowl.
We also documented the cistern in the paved plaza between the Alpha and Beta buildings using a laser. The cistern is bell shaped and about 4.5 m deep.
See the report for 2014 for full detail.
Hot off the press
A. Segal, M. Eisenberg, J. Młynarczyk, M. Burdajewicz, M. Schuler, Hippos (Sussita) of the Decapolis: The First Twelve Seasons of Excavations (2000-2011), Volume I, The Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Haifa 2013.
ISBN 978-965-7547-03-8
Hardcover, 323 pages, all plates in full color, album size (24×33 cm). Cost:
Regular – $130; €95; 450 NIS
Hippos Volunteers (past & present) – $100; €73; 350 NIS
Cover, contents and few sample pages:
http://hippos.haifa.ac.il/graphics/HipposSummary_I_Front_Contents_S.pdf
Meanwhile the book may be ordered thorough hippos@research.haifa.ac.il; the prices as stated above (regular=$130, volunteer=$100), just add please postal costs ($18 for the US, €10 for Europe or $22 for Australia).
The payment should be made by a personal cheque payable to: “University of Haifa”.
Please specify clearly your full name, address and e-mail.
Send to:
Dr. Michael Eisenberg
Hippos Excavation Project
Zinman Institute of Archaeology
Department of Archaeology – University of Haifa
Haifa 3498838
Israel
The ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies held its Thirty-Eighth International Conference on the topic of the “The Decapolis: History and Archaeology” at the Oriental Institute of the University of Oxford. Dr. Schuler presented a paper titled, “Microcosm of Transition: The Northeast Insula Project at Hippos of the Decapolis.” An audio and slide version of the paper is published here in three formats:
Flash, HTML5 (formatted for iPad), and YouTube