Friday 26.8.2016
We knew things would progress today, as we got four new crew members - three marine biologists and one conservator. They were not disappointed.
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| Raising the 1st amphora of this season |
Already before noon we had recovered the few amphorae. The very first one was exciting as the whole crew was watching and applauding when we finally got it to the deck. It had been placed on a net, which was raised from the bottom with a pulley. Immediately it was getting lots of attention both from the marine biologists and the conservator. One quarter of our diving work area was now taken by a finds sieving and conservation station, and now we have to be even more organized with our dive gear.
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| Conservator starting her work on the 1st raised amphora |
Me and Jouni dived with Mark this time. We first took series of photos from the bow area for creating a photogrammetry model on how the bow looked this morning. Then we moved the top part of one amphora into a net to be raised by us, and moved one whole amphora to the apotheke. Apotheke is a fancy word for storage area for amphorae and other finds to be raised to surface later on. Jouni and me got each 4-5 minutes to practice (under Mark's guidance) using the airlift by removing mostly white sand placed on top of the the earlier bow excavation. While I was doing my practice, Jouni tagged two pots that we had missed yesterday.
Finally we closed the airlift, picked up the amphora net and 3 sherds that Mark had picked up. He had two of them in his pocket, and I brought up the third bigger one up in my hand. Mark carried the amphora net (hooked up to his rig) all the way up through the decos.
All this fun took so much time, that we did not even have time for lessons tonight before the dinner. Too bad! But, of course, we still have to select all photos to be included in our report, rename them, and write the report after the dinner.
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