EXCAVATION FRIENDS AND VISITORS

Friends from Outside the Mugello

 


Left to right: Prof. M
aurizio Gualtieri, Prof. Ann Steiner, Prof. Greg Warden,
Prof. Helena Fraccia, and Luigi Guidi examine finds in the Poggio Colla magazzino

 


Ann Steiner with Rosaria Munson, Swarthmore College prof. of Classics,
and Carolyn Dewald, Bard College prof. of History & Classics in 2007

 


2007 visitors left to right: Brenda Pryor, Mark and Barbara Lemmon, John Clarke

 


Rob Sternberg, Greg Warden, and Jess Galloway with Italian geologist

 


Mariel, Abby, Olivia, Jocelyn, and Stephen Cooper in 2007

 


Alex, Cyrus, and Cheryl Oefeli visit Poggio Colla in 2007

 


Rita Kirk, Nancy Kress, and Nina Flournoy of SMU's Communications
Division and the SMU in London Program visit Poggio Colla in 2006.

 


Michael Thomas with UT Austin professor Penelope Davis in 2006.

 


Grant and Marina Meyers visit with Caitlin Vacanti, Gretchen Meyers,
and conservation lab staff on Poggio Colla in 2006.

 


Caitlin Vacanti explains PC 20 to artist Dianne Schlies, 2006.

 


Dr. Carole Brandt, Dean of SMU's Meadows School of the Arts,
on Poggio Colla with Director Greg Warden in 2005.

 


Paul Gillyard digging in Trench PC 15.

 


Diane Warden, Matthew Warden, Derrick Warden, and Greg Warden with students.

 


Tony Kreisel F&M '66 and his wife, Kim, with Prof. Ann Steiner.
Tony is a member of the Franklin & Marshall Board of Trustees.

 


Kathy McLure (SMU-in-Italy program assistant) at Poggio Colla in 2005.

 


Claude, Katy, and Alex Albritton with Michael Thomas in 2004.

 


Mary Beth Lewis of SMU's International Programs
in the Podere Funghi in 2004.

 


Alexis Castor (Franklin and Marshall College),
Bill McEvily (Carnegie Mellon University),
and Dennis Culhane (University of Pennsylvania)
with Michael Thomas in the Podere Funghi, 2004.

 


Professor Claudi Zambianchi, of La Sapienza in Rome, with Michael Thomas, 2003.

 


Greg Warden with visitors from La Sapienza in Rome.

 


Michael Thomas with Margo and Jim Keyes in 2003.

 


Shelley and Irv Mangel visiting with Michael Thomas on Poggio Colla in 2003.

 


Professor Michael Crawford from University College London in 2003.

 


Jimbo Kelly and Stephen Winslow with Michael Thomas during their 2003 visit.

 


Gretchen Meyers, art historian from John Cabot in Rome, and Phoebe Segal,
grad student from Columbia University, at the site in 2002.

 


Suzanne Vinson Georges on site in 2002 to shoot
a documentary video on clandestini.

 


The Schlegel sisters visit the site in 2002.

 


Bill Booziotis, Thomas Taylor, and their families visit the site in 2002.

 


University of Amsterdam Professor Patricia Lulof visits her students digging at Poggio Colla.
Left to right: Jurriaan Venneman, Berta Buurman, Dr. Lulof, and Christel Veen in July 2001.

 


Michael Thomas with Dr. and Mrs. Stephan Steingräber in July 2001.
The Steingräbers returned for a brief visit in July 2002.

 


Greg Warden with Erik Nielsen, former director of the excavations at Poggio Civitate
and now President of Franklin College in Lugano, visiting Poggio Colla in 2001.

 


Greg Warden with Archaeological Inspector for the Mugello,
Luca Fedeli, and American potter Betty Woodman.

 


Greg Warden with Jeanne Marie Clossey at Vigna in 2001.

 


Steve and Carol Nash with Michael Thomas (center) on the site in 2001.

 


Gretchen Meyers with Robert and Julie Tobolowsky in PC 23 in 2001.

 


C.C., Tom, and Charlene Marsh with Greg Warden on the site in 2001.

 


Gretchen Meyers explains the site to Melanie Peskett and Larry North (center)
and Bob and Myrna Schlegel in 2001.

 


Drs. Jeremy and Paula Sabloff of the University
of Pennsylvania Museum, in 2000.

 


Paolo Canuti, Professor of Geology at the Università di Firenze,
visits Poggio Colla in July 1999 to discuss his geological study of our site.

 


Leslie Kruhly (left), of the University of Pennsylvania
Museum, with Sarah Kupperberg on Poggio Colla, July 1999.

 


Painter Gigi Lambert with Jess Galloway, June 1999.

 


Baroness Ann Franchetti and Dr. Ann Ashmead, July 1998.

 

Friends from the Mugello: click here for photos.

Patrons of the Excavation: click here for list.

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