2004 TRENCHES PC 24 & 26 Josh Moran, Field Supervisor Aaron Bartels, Assistant Field Supervisor Week 7: Field Students: Marie Hall Kamissa Mort Kelley Satarino Josh Moran drawing ceramic finds in his field notebook. We've wrapped up the 2004 season and PC 24 and PC 26 have yielded some interesting information about themselves and hopefully the rest of the site. However, we are still far from understanding exactly what took place here. Final photo of Trenches PC 24 and 26 from the southwest. Part of our problem was that all of our excavation took place in Stratum 3. It turned out to be much thicker than we had imagined. Oftentimes the next stratum can reveal a lot about the function of the one above it. In this case we are left trying to interpret the function of Stratum 3 based only upon that which we have found within it. It is certain that there was a high amount of activity associated with this soil due to the large number of artifacts that were found within it. However, we do not have enough evidence to determine what that activity was. It still very much looks like it could have been the result of the final destruction of the building in the early 2nd century B.C.E. View of Trench PC 26 from the south. If nothing else, PC 26 will definitely provide us with some nice additions to our pottery typology. We found a number of large portions of various types of vessels ranging from fineware to coarseware and even some black glaze and bucchero. A fairly complete fineware bowl was found early in the season that has a shape for which one of our ceramic experts was unable to find a matching example. This follows the trend of what appear to be rather unique pottery types being made at or near our site in the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C.E. On the last day of excavation we uncovered a number of large pieces of pithos and other large storage vessels. This also includes a very fragmentary but nearly complete profile of a coarseware vessel that probably stood about 3 feet tall at one time. Unfortunately, it was not very well preserved and came apart as we removed it. Hopefully the conservators will be able to reconstruct it next season. Final photo of Trenches PC 24 and 26 from the west. PC 24 and PC 26 are still very much a mystery. Every day of excavation our opinions of what was going on seemed to change. Many things in the trench remain unexplained at the end of this season and could very easily remain that way for many seasons to come. Even so, things look very promising for this trench. It has great potential to tell us a lot about what happened at Poggio Colla over 2200 years ago. The students and staff did a great job of excavating PC 24 and PC 26 this season and we are greatly looking forward to further excavation next season. Josh Moran gives a final tour of Trenches PC 24 and 26.   Josh Moran, Kelley Satarino, and Aaron Bartels cleaning their trench for final photos.   Aaron Bartels, Kelley Satarino, and Josh Moran measuring for final drawings of PC 24 and 26.   Final photo of Trenches PC 24 and 26 from the east.   Closer view of the west wall in Trench PC 26.   Survey plan of Trenches PC 24 and 26 (prior to addition of hand drawn details).   For photographs of key finds from trenches in the recent season, see Finds.     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