EXCAVATION PROCESS   Above:Tools for excavation include the wheelbarrow, shovel, hoe, pick, trowel, whisk broom, measuring tape, plumb bob, and a variety of small ceramics tools and dental picks. Below: View looking up through the sifter used to separate very small finds and grotty bits from soil.   Partially excavated bucchero chalice in Trench PC 20.   Trenches are covered for protection from rain as well as sun.   Students use Munsell color chart to identify color changes in stratigraphy.   Left: Justin writing in field notebook. Center: Bucket of tiles from Trench PC 20. Right: Finds bag. Each day, field supervisors record descriptions, drawings, and diagrams of developments in their trenches, including information on strata, architectural blocks, and small finds. Tiles and grotty bits are placed in buckets while finds are bagged and labeled, all to be carried down the hill for cleaning, conservation, cataloguing, and storage.   In 2001, Kate Topper's field notebook for Trench PC 18 contained excellent stippled drawings of finds, well-crafted plans, and thorough, accurate notes.   Important finds are recorded not only in the trench notebook, but also as points in the data collector for inclusion on the survey map. Here, Abbi Holt holds the prism to mark the location of a find to be surveyed.   Robert Vander Poppen and Jason Doran sweep prior to photography of level in Poggio Colla trench PC 28.   Upon completing the excavation of each level or stratum in a locus, the trench is shaded and photographs are made.   View from the south of Trench PC 23 in 2001. Strings demarcate the 5 meter grid.   Above and below: Architect Jess Galloway makes detailed, to-scale drawings of all architectural elements at the end of each season.   Assistant Field Supervisor Angela Trentacoste drawing PC 28 scarps.   Robert Vander Poppen steadies the ladder for Greg Warden during final photography, recording status of trenches at season's end.   Excavated objects are taken to the conservation lab where they are cleaned and consolidated. Here, conservator Karen Stamm cleans a nearly complete black glaze vessel found in 2001 in Trench PC 22.   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