Ancient remains came to light at Afragola during work on the expansion of the water supply system fed by the so-called ‘Acquedotto Vesuviano’.
Prehistoric occupation on the site resulted as scarce, attested only by fragments of impasto pottery recovered from the ancient ground surface and dating to the early Bronze Age. The post-prehistoric landscape in the municipality of Afragola was characterised by channelling linked to agricultural activities. The channels were cut into the ash layer from the “pomici di Avellino” eruption. On a north-west/south-east alignment they varied in width between 1.40 m and 2.30 m and were between 0.66 m and 1.10 m deep. They were obliterated in a single episode dated, on the basis of the material from the fills, to between the 3rd and 2nd century B.C.

At Casoria, just south of the channels, four “a cappuccina” adult burials (tombs 1, 2, 3) and one amphora burial (tomb 4) of later date were found. The latter’s form and the modest grave goods, with the typical single handled drinking vessel, placed near the feet of the skeleton outside tombs 2 and 3, places the chronology towards the second half of the 2nd century A.D.