2004 TRENCHES PF 5E, 10, & 15 Katherine Blanchard, Field Supervisor Laura Crowley, Assistant Field Supervisor Week 4: Field Students: Abby Christofferson Sanda Heinz Andrew McClellan Sanda Heinz (foreground), Andrew McClellan, and Laura Crowley working in Trench PF 15. As always seems to be the way, right after the last trench report and right before the four day break, Trench PF 15 yielded some interesting finds. Sanda Heinz and Abby Christofferson taking a pass down onto the cosidetto "floor level." Andrew, Sanda, Abby and Laura were all taking a pass down onto our cosidetto "floor level" [this is an exterior space so its more of an area of high activity than a floor level] as I was taking out objects from a feature that has been exposed since last season. Some fragments had been broken and so we went to remove those in danger of breaking further. As we worked through this material, two vessels appeared. They are of shapes unknown to this site, but familiar to scholars. One, according to Erik Nielsen of Murlo, is similar to upright drains found at their site. They have an unknown usage at this point, but further definition of this area can perhaps answer a lot of questions for both sites. Katy Blanchard excavating vessels in Trench PF 15. Above and below: Feature 2 of PF 15. These pieces are incredibly interesting and will not be removed until this Feature [wall spill] is defined and related to the cosidetto floor level that the students have defined so incredibly well these past few days. Andrew has cleared away a section of the trench onto two stacked tiles that might interact with the spill and Abby and Sanda have made an amazing pass onto this level in the center of the trench. While not scientific to assume, we do: the floor level will pass underneath this spill and we can see the relationship of the material to the level of occupation on this side of the building. Andrew McClellan and Sanda Heinz working in the center of PF 15. View from the south. I look forward to the continuation of this pass, both within the feature as well as outside of it, as we are beginning to come upon a series of artifacts that could give us more of an idea as how this area was used. View showing the relationship between Katy Blanchard's trenches and others open in the Podere Funghi in 2004.   MOM: leave her alone.   Jess Galloway, Sanda Heinz, Andrew McClellan, Brad Schneider, and Katy Blanchard foraging for wild blackberries in the Podere Funghi.       Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 - Final Report Director, Gregory Warden gwarden@mail.smu.edu Director, Michael Thomas michael.thomas@tufts.edu While the team is in Italy during the summer field season, send e-mail to: mvap3@dada.it To email an individual on the team, enter the person's last name in the subject heading. Excavation house phone: 055-844-9834, or, when calling from the US: 011-39-55-844-9834. Introduction | 2004 Field Season | Poggio Colla Field School | What’s New | Staff | Students Site History | Directors' Diaries | Student Diaries | Excavation Friends | Facilities | Conservation | Surveys Robert Belanger | Katherine Blanchard | Josh Moran | Caitlin Vacanti | Ivo van der Graaff | Robert Vander Poppen QuickTime VR | Site Set-Up | Dig Daily Life | Excavation Process | Field Manual | Lectures | Season's End Archives | Finds | Research Projects | Publications | Bibliography | Mugello Area | Home