Podcast 6/23 "Podcast Hijacked"

Podcast Notes

Today on the Podcast Tina takes over and runs the show. Grace works in C North excavating near the kiln. Kate continues in the Phot Lab. Kelsey works in the Lab washing finds from the Cavita and a "special find."

 

 

Podcast 6/21 "Tattoo Pact "

Podcast Notes

Gina continues to excavate in C North. Kelsey helps Jade take samples from Cavita and cleans up Crocifisso. Jianing works in C South, finding steps to the vault near the infamous 'demon wall'. Joan labels pottery in the Lab. Kristin finds more stone tesserae in C Central. Michael hunts for coins in Trench A.

Podcast 6/20 "Posh Accent"

Podcast Notes

Kaliope works articulating in Trench A. Joan excavates the vault in C South finding a fossil. Kofe sweeps and takes photos in the Cave. Grace works with Tania in the Lab helping to sort and catalogue pottery.

 

Podcast 6/16

Podcast Notes

Sean in Trench A finds two coins. Keenan digs with the full 'gopher squad'. Kofe in C South digs deeper in the vault. John in C North works around the kiln. Joan washes finds from A and C in lab. Kelsey digs through a medieval floor in the cave. Eamon continues in the Photo Lab working on the database.

Podcast 6/15 "Press Play"

Podcast Notes

Hannah describes the new finds in Trench A. Adam works in Photo Lab. Joonho works with Kelsey in the Cavita finding medieval pottery from the 13th-16th centuries. Tina works in C South finding the edge of the vault. Gina discovers a piece of an ancient window pane in C North. Erin and Michael work with Tania in Lab. Kemeng works in Middle C bringing down locus 662.

Podcast 6/14

Podcast Notes

Kelsey works in the Cave with Joan, taking pictures outside of the cistern. Laura works in C South, finding a fresco piece and a coin. Sean works in Trench A articulating the road. In Middle C Keenan works to clear locus 662 and the wall collapse. Kate works with Michael St. John in the Photo Lab to finish up shooting the Attic pottery.

Podcast 6/13 "The Trench Fugees"

Podcast Notes

Tessa mourns the closing of Trench F. Kelsey does some housekeeping in the Cavita. Tina works with Tania washing pottery in the Lab. Hannah works in Locus 56 articulating, finding bucchero and tile. Bliss in C North works on Locus 658, uncovering a new wall. Joonho straightens out the wall in C Central, finding an amphora.

Podcast 6/9 "Sorting"

Podcast Notes

Tina works in the archaeobotany lab with Linda and Grace. Joonho spends the day in the Photo Lab photographing amphorae. Hannah works in C North finding Renaissance pottery, a wall continuation, and charcoal. Dave in C South continues to work through locus 663 finding more tofa blocks which may hint at the integrity of the vault below.

Podcast 6/8 "Rain Dance"

Podcast Notes

Today on the podcast Gina shares an exciting new discovery in C North. Grace spends her second day on the excavation working in the Lab. Keenan works in C Middle articulating a puzzling line of charcoal in a wall collapse. Adam exposes more sections of a wall, which may possibly lead to another vault.

Podcast 6/7 "Back At It Again"

Podcast Notes

Today marks the first day back in the field for the whole crew since last wednesday. Laura shares the progress in C South. Michael details the happenings in the Lab. We're also joined by two new crew members, Bliss and Joonho, current students from Phillips-Exeter Academy.

Podcast 6/4 "Darlene's Fury"

Podcast Notes

Today on the podcast we’re joined by Darlene, head of C North. She and Gina continue to move locus 646. Adam digs C South in the afternoon finishing a pass in locus 663, possibly finding another entrance to the vault. Kelsey helps Cally and Prof. Donais XRF (x-ray fluorescence) walls in the Cave. John helps Linda and Angela in the Lab.

Podcast 6/3 "Rain Delay"

Podcast Notes

Kelsey, Eamon, and Adam join on the podcast. Kelsey gets a visit from "Bob-Cat". Eamon shares how, with some extra help, the Photo Lab has been able to make great progress. Adam brings news from the cataloguing lab and talks about Erica's archeo-botany lecture.

Podcast 6/1 "Banter"

Podcast Notes

Taylor in Trench A removes locus 133 and finds a coin. Tina from C South begins a pickaxe pass in locus 663. Michael takes out a wall in the cave with Paolo and Kelsey. Keanan photographs a large brazier in the lab. Kristin from C Central takes down locus 662 finding a line of charcoal and a lot of tesserae. Erin in C North digs locus 646 finding a game piece. In Trench F, Kat takes away the top of wall 68, articulating and exposing more cover tiles.

Podcast 5/31 "The Devil Wall"

Podcast Notes

Today, Adam gets a new locus in trench C South, number 666, “The Devil Wall”. In trench A Kali describes the two coins found while removing locus 98 from 99. Hanna works with Kemeng and Kat washing bones in the lab. Angela, an archaeozoologist from Oxford University helps explain the origin of their finds.

Podcast 5/30 "Shoe-Tacks"

Podcast Notes

Today on the podcast Michael talks about locus 99 in Trench A and explains what shoe-tacks are. Kelsey and Paolo bring down locus 75 over in the Cavita discovering medieval pottery. Erin finds tesserae in C North and Kate opens up a new locus in trench F. Eamon reveals some of the special objects coming into the Photo Lab and more.

Podcast 5/26

Podcast Notes

Laura brings down the the lights in the Cavita. Hannah discusses opening shots and plans for the 2016 season in Trench A. With help from Dave, Kate from Trench F removes logs and tufa while repairing the southern bulk-line. Gina from C North finds a dolium and Tina from C South details the progress of the backhoe, wishing aloud it will soon remove the viper infested olive tree. Eamon from the Photo Lab talks about the strong progress being made in categorizing finds.

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