Excavations on the site were halted for two years in order to study the finds from the 2010-2016 seasons. This year, CNR’s Institute for Ancient Mediterranean Studies (ISMA), in collaboration with the Archaeological Superintendency of Lazio and Roma La Sapienza University, carried out a new season of excavations on the Roman villa at Cottonello (RI). The work was limited to the investigation of room 25, where previous excavations had documented a substantial accumulation of material relating to the destruction of a hypocaust had been previously identified. Although not completed, the excavations revealed the presence of structures obliterated by accumulations of materials, whose study will provide more data regarding the room’s function within the bath complex.

The cataloguing and study of the archaeological material, in particular the pottery, dolia and wall plaster, continued together with laboratory analysis of the pottery and plaster composition.