In 2008 work continued on the analysis of the aerial photographs aimed at checking the results of the surveys. The analysis not only confirmed the survey results, revealing new traces of sites that had already been identified, but also led to the identification of new sites. Stratigraphic excavations also continued on the southern part of the plateau, behind the Masseria.

Three trenches were excavated:

1. From this trench, opened for the first time in 2005, it was hoped to gain information regarding the continuation to the east of the settlement on the central summit of the southern plateau. Here, three foundation walls of a rectangular room were uncovered. The 2008 excavations confirmed the interpretation, showing that this was a dwelling, internal measurements 3.7 × 3.4 m. It is comparable to the other oikoi excavated at L’Amastuola and is datable to the beginning of the 7th century B.C. or slightly later. The entrance to the oikos was on the eastern side. To the south of this oikos two round structures were identified, diameters 1.8 and 1.9 m, provisionally dated to the mid 7th century B.C. The presence of burnt grain in adjacent contexts suggests the structures were grain silos.

2. This was the trench with the potter’s workshop excavated in previous years. In the interior of the workshop further evidence of pottery production was uncovered including part of another kiln, belonging to the later phases (first half of the 5th century B.C.).

In a third trench a large pit was excavated in which there were eight large, carefully-worked ashlar blocks of local stone (average length 1.70 m). They were in random positions, one on top of the other and had been thrown into the pit which was filled with a homogeneous soil. The great blocks seemed to have been part of a structure comparable to the aedicules in the cult area at Policoro (4th century B.C.). Considering that the latest finds from the pit dated to the end of the 3rd century B.C. it is suggested that the aedicule of L’Amastuola was demolished in this phase, and the individual stone blocks were then thrown into a purposely dug pit, perhaps in connection with the traumatic events regarding Taras in the post-Hannibalic period.