Necropolis

The 2012 excavations uncovered three burials datable to between the end of the 6th and the 5th century B.C. Tomb 328 was covered by a stone slab on which rested a tufa block with traces of red paint, interpreted as a sema. Associated with the block were a carinated cup and trilobed jug dating to the end of the 6th century B.C. On a lower level, a second individual was accompanied by a jug of 5th century B.C. date, decorated with a cordon at the neck. Tomb 334 housed an infant burial: a cup and a bronze bell were placed above the right hand, the left hand held a ring, while a small jar was situated by the cranium. The stratigraphy in grave T.333.335 was complex as it contained two infant burials, one on top of the other. The only surviving grave goods were a silver earring and several glass paste and amber beads.

Settlement area

Excavation continued in the southern sector of Insula C. At the same time, work began on room C20 denominated “Casa Amadasi”, documenting evidence of the final occupation phase datable to between the 2nd century and first decades of the 1st century B.C. In room C64 the neaten floor surfaces and make ups were removed, the finds indicating a date of between the 4th and 3rd century B.C. In room C62 the excavation of a workshop housing a circular stone base and limestone tank continued. Layers of collapse were exposed in room C66 that faces onto the street. Two new trenches were opened in the road up against wall USM 1. The excavations reached the bedrock and identified the layers used to level its surface: the earliest deposits were formed in the mid 6th century B.C.