Kristen Mann’s first 2014 Zagora trench team – Trench 4

Kristen Mann
Kristen Mann, supervisor of Trench 4. © AAIA; photo by Irma Havlicek
By Irma Havlicek
Web content producer

Here are some photos of the team who worked on Trench 4 under Kristen Mann’s supervision for the first three weeks of the 2014 excavations.

The 2013 site plan showing the 2013 trench locations is at the bottom of this post. This trench is trench number 4, described last year on this blog as Excavation Area 4.

Kristen Mann with her first 2014 trench team
Kristen Mann with her first 2014 Trench 4 team. From left: Lachlan Chisholm, Elaine Lin, Kristen Mann, Andrew Smith and Madeline Robinson. © AAIA; photo by Irma Havlicek
Antonio Bianco's and Kristen Mann's first 2014 trench teams
Antonio Bianco’s and Kristen Mann’s first 2014 trench teams. They are sitting on a spoil heap – that is where they place the spoil (soil and rocks) which they remove during the course of excavation. Antonio Bianco worked in Kristen’s trench last year. This year he is supervising a trench adjacent to Kristen’s. From left: Andrew Smith, Madeline Robinson, Nicole Castle, Elaine Lin, Antonio Bianco, Aleese Barron, Callum Ferrell, Kristen Mann and Lachlan Chisholm. © AAIA; photo by Irma Havlicek
Kristen Mann in the Kantouni Cafe courtyard after a hard day's work at Zagora
Kristen Mann in the courtyard of the Kantouni Cafe after a hard day on site. Many of the early days on site were extremely windy, so scarves were valuable protection from the flying dust. However you can see from Kristen’s face that the scarf only protected her so far…. Photo by Antonio Bianco
Kristen Mann enjoying her after-dig refreshments in the Kantouni Cafe courtyard
Kristen Mann (really) enjoying her after-dig refreshments in the Kantouni Cafe courtyard. Photo by Antonio Bianco.
The plan showing the areas being excavated at Zagora in 2014
This 2013 site plan shows the areas that were excavated at Zagora in 2013. Trenches 1 and 2 are not shown here because these were test trenches excavated in 2012. The Zagora site survey data by R. C. Anderson, J. J. Coulton, M. McCallum, and A. Wilson. This 2013 plan by A. Wilson. © Zagora Archaeological Project

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