MVAP 2000 Excavation Houses

2000 EXCAVATION HOUSES

Vigna: The Main Excavation House in Vespignano

Vigna is the residence for students, and the site for lectures, meetings, and parties.

Left: The wonderful caretakers of Vigna, Bruno and Beppina Parigi.

Left: Lecture hall and meeting room. Right: Dinner outside on the patio nightly.

Left: Paleobotany and pottery-washing area. Right: Two of our vans for hauling students and tools.

Selve: Residence for Staff

Guardia: Residence for Staff

SMU M.L.A. Student Residence

The Campomazzi residence for M.L.A. students is near the excavation,
with breathtaking views of the Mugello Valley and surrounding mountains.

Operations and Housing Management

See the new Operations page with photos and an explanation of the duties and improvements implemented by the outstanding 2000 operations staff.

Left: Housing Manager Gillian Bearns. Right: Operations Manager Kevin Beard.

Command Center: From Poggio Colla, Gillian Bearns and
Jess Galloway contact staff members off site via cell phone.

The dig jeep parked at the Podere Funghi.

Technology: computers and other technology

Casa di Giotto: cataloguing, conservation, illustration, and photography

Operations: daily life of the Operations Manager and Housing Manager

The Environs: a photo journal of the Mugello Valley and its people.

Director, P. Gregory Warden gwarden@mail.smu.edu
or during the excavation season: mvap@dada.it

While the team is in Italy during the summer field season, send e-mail to: mvap@dada.it
To email an individual on the team, put that person's name in the subject heading.
Excavation house phone: 055-844-9834, or, when calling from the US: 011-39-55-844-9834.