EXCAVATION PROCESS   Tools for excavation include the wheelbarrow, shovel, hoe, pick, trowel, whisk broom, measuring tape, plumb bob, and a variety of small ceramics tools and dental picks. Right: View looking up through the sifter used to separate very small finds and grotty bits from soil.   2008: Cameron Turley excavating a piece of black glaze pottery from Trench PC 34   Partially excavated bucchero chalice in Trench PC 20   Molly Palmison, Katie Breen, and Natalie Fiegel excavate pithoi and stone disc in PC 34   Above and below: trenches covered for protection from rain as well as sun   Students use Munsell color chart to identify color changes in stratigraphy   Left: Writing in field notebook. Center: Bucket of tiles from Trench PC 20. Right: Finds bag. Field supervisors record daily descriptions, drawings, and diagrams of developments in their trenches, including information on strata, architectural blocks, and small finds. Tiles and grotty bits are placed in buckets while finds are bagged and labeled, all to be carried down the hill for cleaning, conservation, cataloguing, and storage.   Measuring finds in Trench PC 34 for entry in Andrea Summers' field notebook Kate Topper's field notebook for Trench PC 18 contain excellent drawings of finds, well-crafted plans, and thorough, accurate notes   Important finds are recorded not only in the trench notebook, but also as points in the data collector for inclusion on the survey map   Robert Vander Poppen and Jason Doran sweep prior to photography of level in Poggio Colla trench PC 28   Upon completing the excavation of each level or stratum in a locus, the trench is shaded and photographs are made   View from the south of Trench PC 23 in 2001. Strings demarcate the 5 meter grid   Above and below: Architect Jess Galloway makes detailed, to-scale drawings of all architectural elements at the end of each season   Assistant Field Supervisor Angela Trentacoste drawing PC 28 scarps   Robert Vander Poppen steadies the ladder for Greg Warden during final photography, recording status of trenches at season's end   Excavated objects are taken to the conservation lab where they are cleaned and consolidated. Conservator Karen Stamm cleans a nearly complete black glaze vessel found in Trench PC 22