The seventh excavation campaign was undertaken on the north-western area of the hill, where the excavation of “Sector 1”, situated along the southern edge of the plateau, was extended. A more limited investigation took place in “Sector 4” in the centre of the plateau.

Sector 1 was extended in order to acquire more data relating to the two 8th century B.C. floors. The extension of the trench to the east and west revealed the total width of the floor to be 18 m. The removal of a further section of its substructure confirmed a chronology that pre-dated the passage between the 8th and 7th centuries B.C. The locally produced Greek pottery, characterizing the first half of the 7th century B.C., was absent, the archaeological horizon appeared anchored to the Enotrian culture of the 7th century B.C., as suggested by the numerous fragments of dark red and black buccheroide impasto pottery and the geometric Enotrian pottery of early date. This monumental construction may be attributed to the second half of the 8th century B.C. (Phase 4).

At the eastern limit of Sector 1, a little to the north of the floor’s edge, the extension of the trench brought to light a new deposit, within the 7th century B.C. layer of obliteration and levelling, of pottery mixed with stones. The deposit datable from the mid 7th century B.C. onwards, appeared smaller in size (but the excavation is not complete) than the large deposits uncovered further north (Sector 4 and University of Milan excavations). The manner of the deposition, the voluntary breaking of the vases, the chronology of the pottery classes (mainly Greek), appear the same as those present in the latter deposits. The ritual gestures and the choice of pottery forms suggest that this was a “foundation” deposit for the levelling, and they appear coherent with those characteristic of the larger deposits uncovered to the north.

In the same sector, beyond the northern edge of the floor, “torn up” during the course of the first half of the 7th century B.C. (Phase 3), two new post holes appeared (another had emerged previously made in the floor surface), relating to a surface that seemed be a “continuation” of the floor situated to the north. This was probably the remains of the craft working area that was active during the first half of the 7th century B.C. (Phase 3).

In the south-eastern area of Sector 1 the layers overlying the cobbled surface were excavated. A fragment of a Corinthian Middle Geometric II protokotyle decorated with chevrons dated the use of the cobbled surface to during the first half of the 8th century B.C., and confirmed the chronology of its construction proposed last year: at least within the first half of the same century and probably within the first quarter (Phase 5). This find, together with the analogous find made by the University of Milan (trench A1), confirmed the “international” contacts that characterised the emergence of the Enotrian communities of this area in the phases preceding the arrival of the Greek communities in the proto-colonial period.

In Sector 4 the remains of settled clay, previously found still in situ inside a number of circular pits, appeared even clearer on the bottom of another larger pit of quadrangular form (Phase 3, pre-mid 7th century B.C.). This emerged along the south side of the circular pits but was only partially excavated. Immediately below the humus the floor level belonging to the last occupation phase of the area came to light, relating to the realisation of the deposits (third quarter of the 7th century B.C., Phase 1), characterised by ritual actions connected with the creation of large pottery deposits and the definitive levelling-obliteration of the craft working area to which the pits belonged.