This year, Milan University’s excavations aimed to continue the work begun on the site in the area of the so-called “Complesso Alfa”.

Area south of the piazzetta

The 2018 campaign aimed to gather further information about the plan of “Complesso Alfa”, which seemed to have both civil and ritual functions. As the evidence of an extensive level of collapse suggested that the structure continued towards the south, the excavations were extended across the whole of the southern sector, which brought to light numerous walls. These formed three buildings, denominated, from west to east, L, M, and N, facing onto an open space, the so-called ‘piazzetta’, situated in the northern part of the trench. The area excavated in 2018 is therefore a direct continuation of what was documented during the 2017 campaign.
Based on the materials found, these new rooms date to between the mid 4th and early 3rd centuries B.C.

Rooms L and M were excavated and recorded, between which there was a long passageway, almost a road, and a new room denominate O was partially excavated. Structure M, which rested directly on the bedrock was completely recorded, while the investigation of the other structures is ongoing; the layer of collapse was removed, but the archaeological record is to be completed.
Given the size of the rooms, it appears increasing probable that Jazzo Fornasiello was an actual settlement with houses, squares, and roads.