End-of-Dig Press Conference

In case you're in the area...

This year's surprise

So here's this year's clean-up surprise: a gladiator on a lamp disc (~3cm tall). He's holding a curved sword in his right hand and a rectangular shield in his left. Looks to be the Thraex-type gladiator. No sign of him on the fragment until the pottery from that area got washed.

Wrapping up

Some more afternoon rain gives me the excuse to post this year's artsy photo.

Busy helping with the drawing of sections from the trenches, taking more photos of finds and various parts of the excavation, and now moving the inventory into my database.

Meanwhile we're scheduling some more meetings (mayor, potential donors) and some more visits for "remote sensing" via geo-magnetic survey and thermograph. Keep posted for results!

Done!

Well, done with active digging anyway. The students are home (or should be) and Sarah and I are off to Rome today whence she leaves Tuesday. More soon.

Coin!

OK, a little excitement today as we re-explore a few areas from last year. A lovely coin of 7 BC by the moneyer P. Lurius Agrippa (who is not M. Agrippa; coin here on another site).

Also the girls posed for the lovely shot at right.

Buona Domenica!

A day off from digging after a full Wed-Sat trying to make up for the lost time on Monday and Tuesday on account of the rain. Our walls continnue to multiply and grow, we had another small piece of architectonic terracotta (which is exciting, but only in a tantalizing way), and more of the cocciopesto flooring discovered last year was exposed.

Sarah hit Terni (museum, amphitheater and waterfall!) and I got taken out on a great walk in the mountains behind Foligno. Thanks to Dorica, Giovanni, Anna and Ivo!

Recently noted

A short notice of my report on the excavation at the last AIA conference back in January.