2004 TRENCHES PC 24 & 26 Josh Moran, Field Supervisor Aaron Bartels, Assistant Field Supervisor Week 3: Field Students: Marie Hall Kamissa Mort Kelley Satarino This week we have assigned students to their permanent trenches. PC 24 and PC 26 now consists of Kamissa Mort, Kelley Satarino and Marie Hall. Aaron Bartels is fulfilling the duties of Assistant Trench Supervisor. We have two main goals for this trench this season. We are first looking to determine where the floor level of the building was when it was destroyed. We are also intent on figuring out whether the space within this trench served an interior or exterior function. Marie Hall, Kelley Satarino, and Aaron Bartels. In the area of the trench which we are currently excavating seems to be making a transition from destruction rubble to the floor level of the building before its destruction. We are beginning to see the remains of artifacts that would normally have been associated with floor space. For example, in the northern portion of the trench we are seeing a large amount of carbonized (burned) seeds which appear to be associated with large fragments of a pythos storage vessel. These vessel fragments oftentimes have sides that have been severely burned as well. The seeds are spread out over a large area in the trench as though they may have spilled across a floor. Mixed in with these vessel fragments and seeds, we often see large pieces of tile and large stones. A falling tile or stone easily could have caused the breakage of these large vessels. Vessel fragments in Trench PC 26. Another interesting event in PC 26 was the discovery of a large iron nail. This one is rather well preserved and is not rusted to the point where we are unable to see its true form. We can see the fact that the nail as a square shaft. The head of the nail is still attached though the point may have broken off. The conservators may be able to remove enough dirt and other encrustation that we can get a very good look at an ancient tool for construction. Iron nail found in Trench PC 26. We are starting to get into deeper and uncharted levels in PC 26 now. The next few weeks should prove to be very interesting. Hopefully, we will be able to gather additional evidence to accomplish our excavation goals for this season. Marie Hall excavating an exciting find in Trench PC 26.   Kamissa Mort excavating in Josh Moran's trench.   Kelley Satarino excavating in Josh Moran's trench on Poggio Colla.   Assistant Field Supervisor Aaron Bartels (left) and Field Supervisor Josh Moran (right). 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