Trench II 2007 on the first day of the project

Trench II primed for excavation

Initial test trench to investigate density and depth of features

Walls emerging within millimetres of the modern surface

2007: Trench II is opened fully

Midway through the 2007 campaign

Room 1 begins to emerge

Room 1 following initial clearance of tumble. Final use was Late Byzantine, earliest part of this complex is Early Byzantine

2007 general shot of Room 1

Excavating a Bronze Age pithos below Room 1 in 2009

General working shot of Trench II

Excavating the Early Byzantine Ossuary

Interface between Late Roman / Early Byzantine levels and Late Minoan IA level. Shallow stratigraphy.

2008 excavation in Trench II exposing late Roman levels.

Bronze Age pithos below Room 1

View inside Room 1, Bronze Age and Byzantine walls visible.

The Byzantine apsidal structure

The Byzantine apsidal structure.

Trench II at the end of the 2009 season.

Conservation of walls in Trench II

Bronze Age pithos

GIS plan of Trench II at end of 2009

Aerial shot of Trench II at end of 2009 season (thanks Chronis!!!)