Thetemple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship fromthe fifteenth century B.C. until Roman times. In the most sacred room oftemple, clay fragments of fifteen statues were found. Each of these representeda goddess and had, at one time, been painted. The body of one statue was foundamong remains dating from the fifteenth century B.C. Its missing head happenedto be among remains of the fifth century B.C. This head must have been found inClassical times and carefully preserved. It was very old and precious eventhen. When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments, they were amazed tofind that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman. She stoodthree feet high and her hands rested on her hips. She was wearing a full-lengthskirt which swept the ground. Despite her great age, she was very gracefulindeed, but, so far, the archaeologists have been unable to discover heridentity.
请教老师：
Itwas very old and precious even then - 这个even then 应该是指the fifthcentury 还是指考古队挖掘的时候呢？若是指the fifth century, 从句意上下文来看，应该是指the fifthcentury, 这样，不是应该说成it must have been very old and precious even then 或 it hadbeen very old and precious even then 吗？若是指考古挖掘的时候，时态没问题，但理解句意上有问题。
另外，这里用waswearing是表示栩栩如生的感觉吗？假设用wore可以吗？我了解以上2点新定义是正确的，但我理解上有疑惑，期望得到老师的剖析，谢谢！
1 当你在讲故事的时候使用倒叙时，仅需在倒叙的第一个或前二个句子用过去完成时。一旦听话人了解你在谈论过去的过去，后面的继续的倒叙就没必要再用过去完成时，而改用一般过去时。这就是时态的简化。你提到的It was very old and precious even then就是这样，前一句用 have been found in Classical times and carefully preserved. 紧接着就是这句话，时间关系已经交待的十分了解，所以这么就没必要再用过去完成时了。无人会误解时间关系的。你对于时态的理解过于机械了。
2 wear可以是静态动词，也可以是动态动词。所以用一般体和进行体都是可以的。一般用进行体表示某人当时穿着哪种衣服。这里没所谓“栩栩如生”的意思。
