Tag Archives: villa

addendum

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Oliver Herold

Those are the missing picturs to raiders of the lost wall — click on the pictures for higher resolution. Enjoy :-)

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long weekend

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Oliver Herold
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the buddy lies deeper

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Oliver Herold

Or if you do a cut you have to go deeper to get a comprehensive profile. How much? ‘Til the beginning of the basement :-) Most of the time we’re doing cuts to get an impression concerning the different build phases, usually … Continue reading →

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excavation

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Oliver Herold

In case you miss some report of my excavation, alas — there isn’t much to report at the moment. We have to clear some huge overturned wall — it looks like a field of stones — this means: doing a cut to … Continue reading →

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findings

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Oliver Herold

Findings are findings, it doesn’t matter whether they’re positive or negative by nature. You have to forget about findings — in terms of things like pottery, jewellery, figurines, statues etc. pp — as primary goal of an excavation, even if … Continue reading →

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call it a day

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Oliver Herold

Ouch — my back is aching. We’ve done a lot of preparation for the sealing of some rooms of the villa. Among those necessary tasks, we’ve done a cut too — layer for layer — without destroying much of the roman floor … Continue reading →

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me so tired

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Oliver Herold

Today we prepared some rooms of the villa for the posterity or maybe for some archaeologist who is willig to spend some money on further excavations in a distant future. Well, en detail this means lots of work: moving rocks — … Continue reading →

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Sisyphean task

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Oliver Herold

Today: clean-up of an ancient overthrown wall1 ; massive field of stones; aerial images2 ; tomorrow: removing the stones — step-by-step, carefully looking for findings below the stones. Constant companion: some bloody heavy rain showers and chilly wind afterwards. maybe … Continue reading →

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bad weather, nice digging

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Oliver Herold

Today we had very bad weather, no rain, but hurricane-like flurries — massive chill factor included. We’ve uncovered another huge part of the wall and prepared it for the 3D scanning. We’ve found some pottery fragments1, roman glass2, parts of … Continue reading →

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in situ

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Oliver Herold

Early in the morning — sunshine and roses, almost 16°C/60.8°F — perfect. Just a picture of advanced sunrise and another one to show some rooms. As mentioned the day before, two more pictures1 of the hypocaustum. There you can see the … Continue reading →

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