DIG DAILY LIFE   Daily life in the MVAP Poggio Colla Field School is a combination of beautiful countryside, manual labor, intellectual pursuit, and fun. Sunset over the excavation house as seen from Selve.   Around the corner from the excavation house.   2009 Poggio Colla Field School Students, Field Supervisors, and Assistant Field Supervisors   2009 students at work in Poggio Colla Trench PC 34   Jessica Aither, Maia Van Dyke , and Danielle Belanger (foreground) in Trench PC 33   Molly Palmison excavates a vessel in PC 34 (butterfly passing by)   Maia Van Dyke: not afraid of dirt   Trench tours provide students with a broad overview of the site and progress of excavation Ali Neugebauer using a magnetometer to collect data southeast of the arx of Poggio Colla   2011: Bailey Minehart and Ali Blum   Cameron Turley and Mike Guarino at Vigna in 2011   Relaxing at Vigna in the evening before dinner   JoAnn Boscarino's daily drawings of her food at Poggio Colla in 2012   JoAnn Boscarino's daily drawings of her food at Poggio Colla in 2011   Dinner at the student residence, Vigna: pasta, ribs, sausage, saldads, and dessert   Greg Warden leads a reading discussion with SMU students   Senior Staff Fiammetta Calosi and JoAnn Boscarino relax at Vigna   Italian flag above the excavation house after Italy won the 2006 World Cup   Ivo van der Graaff and Caitlin Vacanti celebrate Italy's World Cup victory. Photo by Lauren Jackson.   Students' field shoes outside Vigna   Students and staff relaxing at the excavation house after a day in the field   Beppina and Bruno Parigi (caretakers of the excavation house) and their grandchildren   Music enlivens work on the site     Jess Galloway, Sanda Heinz, Andrew McClellan, Brad Schneider, and Katy Blanchard foraging for wild blackberries in the Podere Funghi   Mid-morning cookie break on Poggio Colla   All-you-can-eat picnic lunch for students and staff on Poggio Colla   2005: Jess Galloway and Jess Dussling.   Ivo van der Graaff, Nicole Berastequi, Aaron Bartels, Laura Crowley, Virginia Lewis, and Andrew McClellan dancing at the 2004 circolo festa.   Friendships and fashion statements link staff and students. Above left to right: Karen Stamm, Joshua Moran, Michael Joyce, Cat Hinds, and Jenny Muslin Below left to right: Kate Topper, Amy Hedgecock, Melinda Swendrak, and Ashley Bennett   Hand gesture comparison: Bepe vs. Michael.   Charles Sauvin, Adrian Ossi, and Rachel Julis remove tarps from trenches early one morning on Poggio Colla in 2003.   View of Trench PC 25 from the shade where we hang our backpacks. Left: Sifting for small finds. Right: Excavation in Trenches PC 22 and 23 on Poggio Colla   Michael Joyce, Andy Bozanic, and Robert Belanger in PF 10 in 2002   Surveying finds on Poggio Colla   View to the southwest from inside Trench PF 6   The ever-serious architect, Jess Galloway   Michael Thomas coerced by Ashley Bennett and Amy Hedgecock into wearing a leaf headdress   View of Poggio Colla from the lunch area Naptime after lunch revitalizes the field crew for the afternoon shift   Senior staff and grad students make final photos and drawings of Poggio Colla trenches in 2007   View of Vespignano and the self-healing wipers of the "Texas Van"   Fields of sunflowers surround the excavation houses some years   Kathy Windrow shooting digital video for the web site Hard work in the field is followed by relaxing evenings at the excavation houses Vigna and Guardia. Eating is serious business. Our house mom prepares breakfast and lunch, while our fabulous Italian cooks Wilma, Beppina, and Bruno prepare dinner served family style. Jess Galloway, Gigi Lambert, and Greg Warden at Vigna Bruno and Beppina Parigi prepare another fabulous meal Above and below: students and staff relaxing in the evening at Vigna   Students and staff eating dinner at Guardia in 2007   Pals Alayne Friedel, Michael Thomas, and Laura Proud in 1999   Greg Warden, Jess Galloway, and Cris Worley   For QuickTime VR showing students digging on the site, see QuickTime VR.