2004 DIRECTORS' DIARIES P. Gregory Warden Michael Thomas Week 2 - Michael Thomas: Michael Thomas surveying on Poggio Colla. My season has been busy. In addition to the odds and ends a director finds himself involved with, I have become de facto site surveyor. Our architect Jess Galloway does not show up until July 4th, so I have been running the total station on my own. I will sleep better once he gets here and confirms that the measurements are correct. We treated the students to a field trip to the site of Poggio Civitate (Murlo) where are friends and colleagues Eric Nielsen and Tony Tuck proved to be gracious hosts. Tony toured us through the museum, magazzino, and site. We also got a sneak peek at their impressive new site database and catalog system. Tony Tuck, Director of excavations at Poggio Civitate, tours Poggio Colla field school students through the museum in Murlo and up on the site. This year we have some changes on our staff. We welcome back Professor Gretchen Meyers of Rollins College, who will now work as the Director of Materials. Gretchen excavated with us in 2001 when she was a graduate student at he University of Texas. Gretchen plans to design a system that emphasizes a more synthetic approach to our material. This system will be very helpful as we begin to work with finds for the Podere Funghi publication, and as we look to future study seasons. Gretchen will be working with Bridget Marx, who will sadly be leaving this year as she begins a new career as a curator at the Meadoows Museum (although hopes to visit in the summers). Matt Coonan has come on this year as our new housing manager. He will work with our veteran Operations Manager, Larry Lehman, to make sure that our project runs smoothly. Our excavation staff remains essentially the same. Ivo van der Graaff, a graduate student from the University of Amsterdam, will move up from assistant to Trench Supervisor. Dr. Gretchen Meyers, Director of Materials at work on the catalog.   Field Supervisor Ivo van der Graaff.   Above and below:m Students working in the Podere Funghi during Week 2.   View from Poggio Colla toward the south.   Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6 Week 7 - Final Report Special Page 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