Sector 1 of the excavation, along the southern edge of the plateau, was enlarged. The aim was to gain further understanding of the function a) of the great pavement extending for at least twenty metres along the southern edge of the area, on an artificially terraced zone dating to from the beginning of the 8th century B.C.; b) of the structures belonging to a craft-working area dating to the beginning of the 7th century B.C., adjacent to the pavement.

In sector 1, immediately below the humus, there was a substantial greyish layer resulting from a clearing-levelling operation dating to the mid 7th century B.C. and completely covering all earlier evidence. A large part of this was removed revealing a substantial concentration of medium and large sized cobbles (height 15-25 cm) above the pavement, probably functioning to obliterate and preserve the earlier structures.

In the northern part of the excavation area a substantial layer of very hard, clayey earth emerged, containing numerous stones placed with their flat surfaces uppermost. Three large impasto containers were present, whose fragments all joined and lay horizontally, an indication of that they were probably originally in situ here. The association with locally produced Greek pottery confirmed the dating of this layer and (possible) structure to the latest occupation phases on the hill (late 7th century B.C.)

Levels from an earlier phase (mid 7th century) emerged south of this layer and north of the paving. They comprised an ample layer of bright red clayey soil, whose surface in several places showed heavy traces of firing in a reducing atmosphere, surrounded by several layers of over-fired and shapeless clay layers. The profile of the excavated section appeared to be circular (diam. about 3 m; thickness of the rubefied surface 1-2 cm). Significant kiln wasters relating to monochrome Enotrian vases and plain ware pottery, associated with fragments from the perforated kiln floor were found in contact with this surface. Thus, it may be identified as the lower floor of one (or more?) kilns used for pottery production. A concentration of wasters and/or over-fired pottery fragments together with kiln sections was found along one of the (probable) surviving edges of the structure, built in clay and already partially documented previously. There was no Greek pottery, whilst for the moment only late Geometric painted monochrome pottery diffused in the Bradano area and in the Salento is attested.

On the basis of this new discovery it seems likely that the numerous kiln remains which came to light in the layer of earth and ash immediately south of the paving belonged to the kiln (or kilns) which were situated just north of the paving, and that they had been thrown beyond the paving, towards the south, when the craft-working area was abandoned. In fact, the bottom of the kiln, although quite “clean” preserved some waste products from pottery production which had accumulated in particular along the edges. This important find forms another element of the craft-working area of which to date the large clay quarry situated a few metres away, the numerous settling tanks, round and occasionally rectangular, which are scattered across the entire surface on this part of the hill, and the remains of the upper parts of the kilns described are known. It is difficult to read their precise functional-chronological relationship with the adjacent paving and post holes. However, the stratigraphy and a preliminary analysis of the archaeological material associate it with the phases between the end of the 8th and the first half of the 7th century B.C.