Excavations continued inside room F, whose walls were among the most badly-preserved on the site, as the south and west parts were missing.
In this area, a burial was found (tomb VIII) in an earth grave typical of the site, datable to the settlements archaic phase (Phase II). The only artefact that had survived clandestine excavations was a fragment of a small bi-chrome jar, datable to around the mid 6th century B.C.

A new trench was opened to the south-east of room F, where aerial photographs suggested the so-called House of the Dolia may have continued. No walls were found although a sub-elliptical cut was identified, c. 3 m long and 1.5 m wide, interpreted as the housing for a hut bottom or a midden, cut directly into the bedrock. The fill contained numerous pottery fragments (plain ware, coarse impasto, banded ware and mixed style). Small to medium fragments of baked clay, some of which showed clear traces of burning were also present. The excavation of the fill will be completed next season.

Wall trench

The 2011 and 2012 excavations had exposed and investigated a section of the fortifications of the settlement of Jazzo Fornasiello – a system made up of a ditch abutting a wall (US 1011) – and a part of a trapezoidal structure of which two rooms were identified. This structure appeared to cut the walls and abut the outermost curtain of wall US 1011.

The 2013 excavations concentrated on the walls and the building, denominated Alfa.

The continuation of wall US 1011 was identified; a dry-stone structure of huge rough-hewn blocks alternating with medium un-worked blocks wedge with smaller stones, running NW-SE. A compacted spread of small stone chippings mixed with a little silt was clearly visible over an area of 3.20 × 1.20 m (US 1057). This may be interpreted as the residue of the core between the walls, although the inner curtain (possibly cut by building Alfa) has yet to be identified.

The latter appeared to be formed by a series of quadrangular and trapezoidal rooms with tile roofing arranged around a covered, partially paved space. The structure was wedged into the curtain wall and toothed into the external facing. However, it is not sure whether this caused the wall to go out of function. The completion of the excavation of this building next season will provide a terminus ante quem for the dating of the defences.

Among the finds were several fragments of Italic Red figure pottery and Gnathian ware, datable to between the end of the 4th-beginning of the 3rd century B.C. indicating an earlier occupation phase with respect to that documented for the House of the Dolia.

In 2014, the first volume dedicated to the excavation will be published by Edipuglia: M. CASTOLDI et Alii, Scavi a Jazzo Fornasiello (Gravina in Puglia, Bari), un abitato peuceta. Prime indagini, Bari 2014.