This season’s excavations furthered investigation of a late antique metalworking structure and its immediate surroundings. Numerous floor surfaces and associated restructuring were documented inside the workshop, indicating continuous activity between the 5th and 6th centuries A.D. The workshop was rectangular in plan (2.90 × 3.00 m), delimited by masonry-built walls, while to the south there was a threshold and a series of opus signinum facings.

The excavations outside the structure, south of the threshold, opened a rectangular area on an east-west alignment (5.70 × 3.00 m), which exposed a series of overlying road surfaces alternating with frequent episodes of robbing and fill. It was determined that all activity in this area occurred within a precise time frame that did not go beyond the 6th century A.D., corresponding perfectly with all phases of the workshop. The presence of continual rebuilds and the restoration of a pillar are probably related to the many seismic events occurring in that period, as are the substantial collapses present. One of these collapses, abutting another room to the north, similar to the workshop, will be investigated next season.

Beginning next season, work will begin on the monumental collapse on which functional and static studies will be made in order to reach a hypothesis regarding what happened. Preliminary finds studies proceeded alongside the excavation activity. The largest pottery classes were amphorae and coarse wares of Italic production. African and Eastern productions were predominant among the amphora but there were also a significant number of Italic examples. Kitchen-wares formed the largest class of coarse pottery but there were also numerous examples of table-wares and African kitchen-wares. A large number of glass and metal finds were also recovered.