[This was originally posted 7-Nov with many others but the date was changed to 9-Oct to keep the dialog in order]
On Thursday 9-Oct we worked at Poggio del Molino in the morning, finishing up the dig and closing the site for the season by lunch time. On this last day we found a promising pottery fragment in our excavation area. We carefully cleaned around it and uncovered what appeared to be the bottom fragment of a large vase, or amphora. Probably not a major find, but it was unusually shaped and gave us a renewed interest in the project.
Laura brought a skeleton in a crate (very old but of uncertain origin) and gave us an impromptu talk on determining the age, sex and other aspects of analyzing the bones.
That afternoon we left the site and were driven to the Populonia castle and the Roman ruins adjacent to it called Poggio del Telegrafo. This site, which overlooks the sea and the distant Isola d’Elba, had been populated since the Etruscan’s in the 9th century BCE and our PI, Dr Carolina Melale had taken part in the recent excavations, so she shared her knowledge of the layout and history. With only fragments of the foundations to see, the signage showing what the structure could have been, with historical notes in English, was a big plus.
That night we had a gala diner with the volunteers & staff at the resort.
Excavation work at Poggio del Molino
Excavating a foundation at Poggio del Molino
Emerging find from the excavation.
A little more exposed…
Laura hold the prize, a fragment of an amphora bottom
Poggio del Molino
On the Go with John and Jessie 