The excavation worked on two fronts: the first corresponding to the extension of the excavation towards the south-west, the second along the deepening of the west-east trench. The site’s geology was further investigated by the geomorphologist Prof. G. B. Pellegrini.

On the basis of the baulks the substratum was seen to correspond with a fluvio-glacial deposit of the Upper Pleistocene, which can be associated with the last phase of Wurmian glacial expansion. The deposit was characterised by the alternation of sands with gravel and carbonatic cobbles, in substantial concentrations. The excavation was extended in order to check the line and extension of the curtain walls as well as the terraces formation of the fortified settlement, which appeared to be superficial as the largest structures came to light just below the grass. In the meantime, the excavation of the perimeter structures and of the small terraced infrastructures, situated within although in a higher position on the hill summit, was completed.

Cleaning was undertaken on the surface levels of clasts which had slid due to the steepness of the slope, connected to the colluvial terrains. Where the excavation was deepened a progressive increase in the complexity of the curtain walls was noted. In fact, they presented a double line in the northern stretch, whereas elsewhere the alignment was single. The south trench, 17 m long and on a west-east alignment along the slope, was deepened. This revealed an unexpected complexity, however it clarified the stratigraphy of the site’s latest occupation phases. This phase seemed to already be attributable to the fortified settlement and belonged to the “brown” layers, stratigraphically higher and dating to two phases of the Late Bronze Age.

The fact that the artefacts found in this context cannot be attributed to the Veneto protovillanovano and proto-Veneto facies of the late Bronze Age, but to a clearly Luco/Laugen facies, of both Luco A and Luco B type is culturally significant. In fact, a fragment attributable to Luco A was found in the deepest of the “brown” layers, coeval with the first construction of the fortified settlement. The clear absence of soils, as a natural evolution of the substratum must be placed in relation to this construction. It is an indication of the substantial cuts and soil removal undertaken on the site for the construction of the structures and infrastructures of the settlement. Below these levels deep cuts were identified in the fluvio-glacial substratum forming terracing, with clear traces of post holes with stone rendering, which seem to belong to underground structures contained by timber substructures. These substructures appeared completely filled with collapsed terrain and colluvial material which returned the gravel and cobble substratum to circulation, covered by levels of charcoal rich soil, containing numerous artefacts, faunal and plant remains. Despite the lack of diagnostic elements, it was possible to date the impasto types to an earlier period.