This season’s excavations continued work on the summit of the small hill overlooking the area of Pozzuolo, identifiable (even if of natural origin) with one of the “tumuli” mentioned by Stefani.
Following the surveys and first excavations in 2013, which uncovered 23 tombs, this season’s investigations identified a further 32, bring the total to 55 burials, a substantial number that is destined to increase as other burials (at least 3, not yet excavated) are present in the research area and probably present beyond the wall that separates the Brecciarolo property (where the excavations took place) from the adjacent land.

Several burials were badly disturbed by ploughing, and in some cases, the vases forming the tomb group had been moved. At this point, it may be suggested that a nucleus of at least 80 burials exists on the site, a number in a single Final Bronze Age necropolis that is only paralleled by the cemetery at Poggio della Pozza, evidence of the unstructured and sporadic nature excavations undertaken to date in the mid Tyrrhenian cemeteries of this phase.

At the moment (the materials are still in the study phase), all the burials appear to date to a late but not final phase of the Final Bronze Age, forming part of a necropolis belonging to the small proto-Villanovan settlement of Isola Farnese, immediately preceding the birth of the great proto-urban settlement of Veii.
The excavations identified an irregular semicircular cut partially filled/packed with tufa blocks that may correspond to the construction of a tumulus that is clearly visible in old aerial photographs.

The discovery of an “a caditoia” tomb containing material datable to the mid 7th century B.C. that appeared to be cut by the tumulus may provide a terminus post quem for the latter.
The osteological analyses on the remains recovered during the 2013 campaign revealed that they were primarily single burials. Three infants I (0 – 6 years), one juvenile individual, a young adult female (20-25 years), two adult males, and seven adults of indeterminate sex, were identified in addition to three individuals of which hardly anything remained (no more than 2 grams in weight).

The preliminary analyses of the 2014 remains identified another 30 cremations and one inhumation in a grave (Pozzuolo T. 37). Only the cranium and two cervical vertebrae were present, and the development of the teeth suggested the age at death to be about 5-6 years.
The series included other infant burials: T. 30, 51, 63, and 67 (all 0 – 6 years). The remaining individuals were probably adults, both male and females were identified.
CAT scans were also made this year of the urns as an aid to the micro-excavation of the better -preserved examples. The scans revealed the precise position of the grave goods, particularly the bronze artefacts, within the urns.