EXCAVATION HOUSES

 

Vigna: The Main Excavation House in Vespignano


View of the Mugello Valley from the lawn of Vigna.

 


Vigna is the residence for students, and the site for lectures, meetings, and parties.

 

The wonderful caretakers of Vigna, Bruno (above) and Beppina (below) Parigi.

 


Left: Lecture hall and meeting room. Right: Dinner outside on the patio nightly.

 


View of Vigna's "yard" with Bruno, Beppina, and their son-in-law.

 

Selve: Residence for Senior Staff

 

Guardia: Residence for Staff

 


Students and staff eating dinner at Guardia in 2007

 

 

Amalfi: Residence for Staff

 

Giottino: Residence for Students or Staff


SMU M.L.A. Student Residence


The Campomazzi is one of the residences used to house M.L.A.
students who visit and sometimes work on the excavation.

 

Technology: computers and other technology

The Lab: cataloguing, conservation, illustration, and photography

Operations: daily life of the Operations Manager and Housing Manager

The Environs: a photo journal of the Mugello Valley and its people.

Co-Directors: Gregory Warden gwarden@mail.smu.edu and Michael Thomas mlthomas@mail.utexas.edu
Excavation house phone during the field season: (011-39) 055-844-9834