Wadi Safarfir: Terraces and Farm Buildings

Not far from the site with the curved wall and scatter of slag is an area that includes large farming terraces and some extremely well-built buildings.

The site also yielded the only piece of worked metal.

Very thick walls ring terraces	Meter stick suggests wall was 1.5m or more	General view of the structure	Many pieces of late Islamic pottery
One of the poorer buildings, very degraded	An excavation . . . recent?	No evidence of roofing material on any building	General view of area
One of several low-profile walls	Wall at base of slope, purpose undetermined	Detail of wall at base of slope	Abandoned effort at terracing?
Walls in a small side channel	One of the houses above the terraces	Other view of house above the terraces	Steps leading to house
Incredibly fine stonework	One of the complement of rooms	Small portion of slag cake	Worked metal, bronze
Main wadi channel, no evidence of falaj