2004 TRENCHES PC 23 & 25 Robert Vander Poppen, Field Supervisor Martha Reichert, Assistant Field Supervisor Week 5: Field Students: Victoria Mead Sarah McCrory Jonathan Mort Olivia Spradlin V.P. pontificates. We have had an exciting week in PC 23. At the beginning of the week we worked to excavate the final portions of our westernmost loci, working to remove the layers of early terracing and sterile soil from this section of the trench. We have discovered that in this area the inhabitants of the site packed a number of large stones against the bedrock in an attempt to level off the surface of the hilltop. Olivia and Jon worked early in the week to define the pattern of this rubble. View of PC 23 from the south with, left to right, Jonathan Mort, Olivia Spradlin, Victoria Mead, Sarah McCrory, and Marty Reichert. In the eastern portion of the trench we have discovered what may be a structure comprised of a construction of lighter walls. Unfortunately, we have yet to find an area where the rubble that we believe to be wall foundations continues in more than a single course. Nevertheless, the linearity of the rubble is suggestive. If this is indeed a light structure it would date to a period after the destruction of the Phase I building, but before the terracing project that prepared the site for the construction of the Phase II structure. Up to this point, Marty, Sarah and Victoria have been working to clear the floor level of this building. It appears that we may have a different stratigraphic history inside of the lines of rubble than outside. Above (view from north) and below (view from southwest): possible construction of lighter walls. In the northern section of the trench we have uncovered a soil which contains much in the way of charred organic matter and a number of pieces of bucchero and impasto pottery. This layer has also produced a great quantity of bone finds. As a result, I believe that this stratum may be the same one that PC 20 has been excavating throughout much of the season. Assistant Field Supervisor Martha Reichert between the hearth and northeast corner of PC 23.   Olivia Spradlin excavating near the fissure in Trench PC 23.   View into PC 23. Left to right: Sarah McCrory, Victoria Mead, and Olivia Spradlin.   View of Trench PC 23 from the east during Week 5 of the 2004 field season.   Martha Reichert and Robert Vander Poppen work in PC 23 while students take a cookie break.       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