Continuing on from preceding campaigns, excavation took place in the central part of the flat area of the city, on the seaward side of the Casino Macrì. Two main areas were explored: a residential section of the city corresponding with the continuation of stenopos S6 running inland, and adjacent insulae 16 and 17, and the Hellenistic cult area, situated within insula I8. The two areas were separated by a large water regimentation channel, running to the sea from inland, which was transformed into a small road in the Hellenistic period.

In the residential area, the excavation reached archaic levels, confirming a dating of around the mid 6th century B.C. for the front of insula I6 and for the earlier beaten surface of stenopos S6.

The entire area appears to have been radically changed when the archaic channel was completely restructured and the narrow insula I7 was created. On this occasion, the south bank of the channel, now disused, was partially reused as the foundations of the insula south wall, and partially robbed, as confirmed by the latest discoveries.

In the cult area, the excavations revealed that it covered at least 300 m2: indeed, it developed for about 24 m, running from the hill to sea, occupying the entire width of insula I8.
Although the north-western part of the sanctuary was heavily disturbed by late antique occupation, with cuts reaching the archaic levels, numerous new concentrations of materials can probably be identified as ritual depositions, including shells, loom weights and choroplastics.
The discovery of a votive deposit, placed within a tubular structure made from two vase necks deliberately placed vertically one on top of the other, confirmed the hypothesis that the cult area was used in the archaic period.