PUBLICATIONS
of the Mugello Valley Archaeological Project


Articles & Research Reports

Warden, P.G. Forthcoming. “Giving the gods their due: further evidence for ritual at the sanctuary of Poggio Colla.” With an appendix on faunal remains by Angela Trentacoste. In Studi in Onore di Francesco Nicosia.

Meyers, G. E. 2013. “Women and the Production of Ceremonial Textiles: A Reevaluation of Ceramic Textile Tools in Etrusco-Italic Sanctuaries,” AJA 117 (2), 247-274.

Weaver, I, G. E. Meyers, S. A. Mertzman, R. Sternberg and J. Didaleusky. 2012. “Geochemical Evidence for Integrated Ceramic and Roof Tile Industries at the Etruscan Site of Poggio Colla, Italy,” Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 13.1.

Perkins, P. 2012. “The Bucchero Childbirth Stamp on a Late Orientalizing Period Shard from Poggio Colla,” Etruscan Studies 15 (2), 146-201.

Thomas, M.L. 2012.  “One Hundred Victoriati from the Sanctuary at Poggio Colla (Vicchio di Mugello): Ritual Contexts and Roman Expansion” Etruscan Studies 15(1),19–93.

Warden, P.G. 2012. “Monumental Embodiment: Somatic Symbolism and the Tuscan Temple.” Monumentality in Etruscan and Early Roman Architecture: Ideology and Innovation. Festschrift in Honor of Ingrid Edlund Berry, edited by M.L. Thomas and G. Meyers, pp. 82-110. The University of Texas Press, Austin.

P.G. Warden, “The Temple is a Living Thing: Fragmentation, Enchainment, and the Reversal of Ritual at the Acropolis Sanctuary of Poggio Colla.” In The Archaeology of Sanctuaries and Ritual in Etruria, edited by Nancy de Grummond, chapter 4, 55-67. Supplementary volume to the Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2010.

Gretchen Meyers, Lauren M. Jackson, and Jess Galloway, “The Production and Usage of non-decorated Etruscan roof-tiles, based on a case study from Poggio Colla.” Journal of Roman Archaeology 23 (2010) 303-319.

Van der Graaff I., Vander Poppen R., and Nales T., "The advantages and limitations of coring survey: An initial assessment of the Poggio Colla Coring Project" in TRAC 2009: Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, edited by Alison Moore, Geoff Taylor, Emily Harris, Peter Girdwood and Lucy Shipley(Oxford 2010)

P.G. Warden, “Vicchio (FI). Recenti scavi (2008) a Poggio Colla.” Notiziario della Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana 4 (Firenze, Soprintendenza Archeologica Toscana, 2009) 402-405.

Alexis Castor, "An Early Hellenistic Jewelry Hoard from Poggio Colla." Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 54 (2009) 245-262.

P.G. Warden “Remains of the Ritual at the Sanctuary of Poggio Colla.” In Votives, Places, Rituals in Etruscan Religion. Studies in Honor of Jean MacIntosh Turfa, edited by M. Gleba and H. Becker. Religion in the Graeco-Roman World (RGRW), Leiden 2009, 121-127.

Warden, P.G. and M.L. Thomas. (forthcoming). "Evidenza di culto e problemi di continuità culturale al sito Etrusco di Poggio Colla (Vicchio di Mugello)." In Piana Fiorentina, Valdarno e aree limitrofe. Studi recenti e nuovi dati dalla ricerca archeologica, edited by G. Bartoloni.

P.G. Warden. 2007. "Vicchio (FI). Poggio Colla. Campagna di scavo 2006." Notiziario della Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana, 38-40. Firenze, Soprintendenza Archeologica Toscana.

Fedeli, L. and P.G. Warden. 2006. "Recenti scavi a Poggio Colla (Vicchio)." Notiziario della Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana, 334-337. Firenze, Soprintendenza Archeologica Toscana.

Warden, P.G., M.L. Thomas, A. Steiner, and G. Meyers. 2005. "The Etruscan Settlement of Poggio Colla (1998-2004 excavations)." Journal of Roman Archaeology 18: 252-266.

Warden, P.G., and M.L. Thomas. 2002-2003. "Sanctuary and settlement: archaeological work at Poggio Colla (Vicchio di Mugello)." Etruscan Studies 9-10: 97-108.

Thomas, M.L. 2000. "An Imitative Unsealed Semis from Northern Etruria." American Journal of Numismatics 12: 113-118.

Thomas, M.L. 2001. "Excavations at Poggio Colla (Vicchio di Mugello): A Report of the 2000-2002 Seasons," Etruscan Studies 8: 119-130.

Warden, P.G., and M.L. Thomas. 2000. "Excavations at Poggio Colla: the 1999 Season." Etruscan Studies 7: 133-143.

M.L. Thomas. 2000. "The Technology of Daily Life in a Hellenistic Etruscan Settlement." Etruscan Studies 7: 107-108.

Warden, P.G., M.L. Thomas, and J. Galloway. 1999. "Excavations at the Etruscan Settlement of Poggio Colla: The 1995-1998 Seasons." Journal of Roman Archaeology 12: 231-246.

Warden, P.G. and M.L. Thomas. 1999. "Excavations at Poggio Colla: The 1998 Season." Etruscan Studies 6: 111-22.

Warden, P.G. 1998. Excavations at the Etruscan Site of Poggio Colla (Vicchio di Mugello). The 1998 Season. Philadelphia.

Kane, S., P.G. Warden, & N. Griffiths. 1998. "A Bronze Head of a Youth from Poggio Colla (Vicchio), Tuscany." Etruscan Studies 5: 63-68.

Warden P.G. and S. Kane. 1997. "Excavations at Poggio Colla (Vicchio) 1995-1996." Etruscan Studies 4: 159-186.

Warden, P.G. 1997. Southern Methodist University Excavations at the Etruscan Site of Poggio Colla (Vicchio di Mugello). The 1997 Season. Dallas and Philadelphia.

Warden, P.G., S. Kane, K. Vellucci, and D. White. 1996. Southern Methodist University Excavations at the Etruscan Site of Poggio Colla (Vicchio di Mugello). The 1996 Season. Dallas and Philadelphia.

Warden, P.G. 1995. Southern Methodist University Excavations in Tuscany, 1995. A Preliminary Report for Friends and Supporters. Dallas.

 

Conference Presentations & Poster Sessions

Rask, K. 2013. “The Courtyard Altar at Etruscan Poggio Colla: Animal Sacrifice and Topographic Placement,” 114th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Seattle.

Steiner, A., G. E. Meyers, M. L. Thomas and G. Warden. 2012. “Defining a Sanctuary in Northern Etruria: New Evidence from Poggio Colla (Vicchio di Mugello,” 113th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia.

Meyers, G. E. 2010. “Weaving as Worship: Women and Ritual at the Etruscan Site of Poggio Colla (Vicchio), 111th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Anaheim.

Vander Poppen R., Van der Graaff I., Nales T., and Van Tol J. "Coring Survey as a Prospection Method: A Case Study from Northern Tuscany" poster presentation at the Society for American Archaeology 74th Annual Meeting Atlanta, GA April 22 - 26, 2009

Vander Poppen R. Van der Graaff I. and Nales T., "The advantages and limitations of coring survey: An initial assessment of the Poggio Colla Coring Project". Nineteenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, University of Michigan (3-5 April 2009), Ann Arbor, and the University of Southampton (17-18 April 2009) Southhampton (UK).

Warden, P.G. 2008. "New Evidence for Ritual at Poggio Colla." 109th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Chicago, 2008.

Steiner, A., M. Thomas, G. Meyers, & P.G. Warden. 2007. "Sanctuary and Settlement in Northern Etruria: New Evidence from Poggio Colla (Vicchio di Mugello)" 108th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, San Diego, 2007.

Meyers, G., J. Galloway & L. Jackson, 2007. “Terracotta Tiles and Roof Technology at the N. Etruscan Settlement of Poggio Colla,” Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, January 2007.

Weaver, I.P., A.R. Steiner, S.A. Mertzman, and C. Vaden. 2006. Ceramics from the Etruscan Settlement of Poggio Colla in Tuscany: A Chemical Characterization and Provenance Study. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 22-25 October, 2006.

Warden, P.G., and M.L. Thomas. 2005. "Culto e continuità culturale a Poggio Colla (Vicchio di Mugello)." in "Piana Fiorentina, Valdarno a aree limitrofe. Studi recenti e nuovi dati dalla ricerca archeologica." Secondo Seminario Internazionale di Studi "Città di Montefiascone." Montefiascone, Italy, May 2005.

Thomas, M.L. and P.G. Warden. 2003. "The Hellenistic Habitation and Workshop at Podere Funghi (Poggio Colla)." AIA Annual Meetings, New Orleans, January 6, 2003.

Winkler, J.J., and R.H. Tykot. 2002. "Provenance of Etruscan Pottery from Poggio Colla, Italy: A Chemical Characterization Study." Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 2002.

Warden, P.G. and M.L, Thomas. 2002. "Sanctuary and Settlement: Archaeological Work at Poggio Colla (Vicchio di Mugello)." Etruscans Now Conference at the British Museum, London, December 11, 2002.

Thomas, M.L. 2000. "Recent Excavations at Poggio Colla." Archaeological Workshop on Recent Excavations in Tuscany: Poggio Civitate and Poggio Colla, Lugano, Switzerland. August 12, 2000.

Meeting of the Etruscan Foundation, Spannocchia, Italy, July 28, 1999.

Thomas, M.L. 1999. "The Technology of Daily Life in an Hellenistic Etruscan Settlement: New Evidence from Poggio Colla." Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, 1999.

Warden, P.G., M. L. Thomas, and K. Vellucci. 1998. "The SMU/University of Pennsylvania Excavations at the Etruscan Site of Poggio Colla (1997-1998)." Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. 1998.

Kane, S., P.G. Warden, D. Mona, and P. Canuti. 1996. "The 1995-1996 Seasons of the SMU Excavations at Poggio Colla, Vicchio (Tuscany)." Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, New York, 1996.

Warden, P.G. 1996. "Excavations at the Etruscan Site of Poggio Colla: Fiesole and the Cultural Geography of the Mugello Valley." In Experientia Docet, a symposium in honor of Lucy Shoe Meritt, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 1996.

Kane, S. 1996. "An Archaic Tumulus: Old and New Evidence from the Poggio Colla Necropolis." In Experientia Docet, a symposium in honor of Lucy Shoe Meritt, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 1996.

Berkin, J. and F. Vento. 1995. "Geoarchaeological Investigations in the Mugello Valley (Italy)." Archaeological Institute of American Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1995.

Warden, P.G. 1995. Presentation of the bronze head found in 1995. Colloquium on Etruscan bronzes in honor of Emeline Hill Richardson. Archaeological Institute of American Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1995.

Kane, S. and P.G. Warden. 1995. "Field Report for 1995 Season at Poggio Colla, Vicchio (Tuscany)." Archaeological Institute of American Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1995.