This week his presence was felt as the three rural sites were taken out of the running.
Many rural sites like the meeting hall have been idealized as places of worship.
Here an area excavation is being used to examine a shallow rural site.
Consequently, they had been considering acquiring a more rural breeding site.
Each aspect of life here would be illustrated by a different monument or rural site.
If we go," he said, "it will be a rural site with very little to do unless you're into that field and stream thing.
More than 150 rural sites are located within the Park.
The committee rejected more rural sites because of their distance from populated areas.
"We waste our infrastructure dollars here" by building on scattered rural sites, she said.
The majority, however, are from rural sites, often with several mosaics in the same building.