The 2014 excavation season at Poggio Civitate explored areas within the Piano del Tesoro property zone bordering the domestic architecture identified in 2013. Curiously, evidence of non-elite domestic architecture did not extend east of the 2013 area of excavation. Instead, work revealed a large open space with a well situated at its center. Much like the well identified in the Civitate A Property zone and published in 2010, this well appears to have been intentionally closed by a large amount of architectural debris linked to the site’s Archaic phase of development.

Several meters north of this well, excavation revealed traces of another monumental structure. Poor weather conditions limited the degree to which this building could be revealed, but excavation to date has revealed two robust parallel walls suggesting an interior span of approximately 5.7 meters. Erosion appears to have taken a heavy toll on the structure, but some surviving examples of ceramics recovered from its floor has strong typological parallels with pottery dating to the mid to late 7th century BCE recovered from contexts immediately east and also on the Piano del Tesoro plateau.

All excavated materials associated with the 2014 excavation season at Poggio Civitate are published within weeks of the close of the excavation season and can be viewed at the following URL: http://poggiocivitate.classics.umass.edu.