The ninth campaign of excavations on the necropolis of Macchiabate at Francavilla Marittima led to the discovery and excavation of four burials situated in the Area Est.

The tomb Est 8 is a superficial grave with ceramic grave goods composed of a jar and a cup found inside the former. Besides that, a female burial, the tomb Est 9, was found. It contained a rich costume mainly made out of bronze jewelry, very well comparable to the tomb Est 5 that was found in the campaign of 2016. Corresponding the thorax of the deceased were found six fibulae made of bronze and bone, Anhänger, a bronze disc, a choker (Halsreif), an armlet (Armreif) and small pearls made of amber. In the zone southwest of the dead, above his skull were found small bronze pearls and ornaments made of bronze sheets, supposedly belonging to a non-conserved cloth.
An exceptional situation was found in the tomb Est 10. It is the grave of two individuals, an adult and a child, situated quasi on top of each other. Equally interesting is the composition of the grave goods: a small terracotta figurine, an iron lancehead, an iron knife and two loom weights.

The fourth excavated tomb is a male sepulture with special grave goods, formed by four ceramic vessels, two fibulae, several massive bronze rings, iron objects not yet clearly identifiable and a ribbed bronze bowl. This tomb Est 11 is characterized – like the male tomb Est 6, excavated in 2016 – by an accumulation of stones slightly curved, that restricts a zone of sterile earth.
All the tombs are compound by rocks mostly rounded, the floor is without pavement and they are dated in the 8th century BC.