Excerpt archeological illustrations from my summer spent in the Commune Murlo di Siena, Italia
Poggio Civitate is a hill in the commune of Murlo, Italy and the location of an ancient Etruscan settlement.
The project is among the longest running archeological programs in the world. I worked as an artist alongside specialists in human bones, animal bones, artifact reconstruction and preservation, and statistical analysis.
Poggio Civitate is a hill in the commune of Murlo, Italy and the location of an ancient Etruscan settlement.
The project is among the longest running archeological programs in the world. I worked as an artist alongside specialists in human bones, animal bones, artifact reconstruction and preservation, and statistical analysis.
Rolling hills
Pieces of terracotta in the trench, VT 9
Graphite on Bristol
Posterior and anterior views of a wolf jaw bone uncovered in 1972
Rapidograph on Mylar
Diagram of the jaw bone in situ
The jaw bone reimagined on a headdress expressing 7th century BCE Etruscan religious belief
Watercolor and graphite
Watercolor and graphite
initial concept and composition sketches
Stratigraphy of the trenches, VT 7 - 10 Baulks
Rapidograph on Mylar
A labor of love: the site map
Together with Heather McLeod (RISD BFA Ill '16) and Jordan Walker (RISD BFA Ill '16) we manually measured, plotted, and mapped out the site.
Together with Heather McLeod (RISD BFA Ill '16) and Jordan Walker (RISD BFA Ill '16) we manually measured, plotted, and mapped out the site.
Putting it together
Rapidograph on Mylar
Rapidograph on Mylar
Colossal structures of the past often represent common, social goals of communities from which they were built. The latter half of the 7th century BCE revealed the Piano del Tesoro Orientalizing Period Complex.
Map showing the walls of three orientalizing period structures
Sketching in a trench
