2004 STUDENT DIARIES Week 2 - Franklin and Marshall Students Rachael Henry, Victoria Mead, Kamissa Mort, Jonathan Mort, and Sarah McCrory Rachael Henry excavating between stumps in the north locus of PC 27. For the first week we rotated through all of the trenches on both Poggio Colla and Podere Funghi. At the beginning of this week each person was assigned to a trench. All of the F&M students were placed on the summit of the site, Poggio Colla. Rachel was assigned to the "monkey wall" trench where the goal is to identify where the ancient walls were located. In the past her trench has found an amazing array of finds, including several bone fragments. To date Rachel has found several black glaze pottery handles and bases. Victoria Mead taking a pass in Trench PC 23. Torrie, Sarah, and Jon were all assigned to a larger trench in the interior of the ancient building. So far there have been few finds this season but the trench has previously produced a fire pit, an "altar"," an obscene number of finds, and characteristic pottery sherds. Thus far we have all found fineware, courseware, and slag in small amounts. Jonathan Mort excavating in Trench PC 23. Kamissa has been placed in a more recently opened trench on the southwest end of the site. Much is still unknown about Trench 26 but some theorize it may have been an outdoor cooking area. As the trench is still shallow there is great hope that it will yield important information about the settlement. Kamissa Mort excavating in Josh Moran's trench. Weekends are spent traveling and cavorting around the Italian peninsula. So far we have been to Bologna and Florence and had many misadventures. This weekend is the much anticipated 4-day break which we plan to spend at the beach fixing our tanktop tans! -Love, the Dips! (yeer dips) Dr. Ann Steiner and Franklin and Marshall student Sarah McCrory studying Podere Funghi fineware. Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7   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