This season excavations continued inside the pavilion covering the archaeological area at Isernia La Pineta. In particular, work was undertaken in quadrants 176, 177, 178, 179 of sector I-1, where digging had previously halted at layer 3s 6-9.

The exploration of the underlying colluvium, US 3,, a level made up of a sandy, slightly concretionary matrix, containing lithic, palaeontological, and pyroclastic materials, confirmed it to be a colluvial flow. The excavations also exposed US 3s10, which overlay 3a and some parts of underlying 3b. This was a sandy-silt matrix that debris flow had carried to its position and therefore it cannot be considered to be in primary deposition. However, the physical state of the materials and their spatial concentration suggested that they had not travelled far, although the original depositional relationships between the finds were disturbed.

This archaeo-surface, first identified in 1993 during the pavilion’s construction, presents a very large number of lithic and palaeontological finds and in the future could contribute further knowledge regarding the formation of the archaeo-surfaces of Isernia La Pineta, as well as their content and spatial organisation.

Important paleontological remains have been recovered that add to knowledge of the Pleistocenic fauna in this area. These were associated with a large number of unidentifiable bone fragments as well as limestone and flint lithics. In the investigated area, the number of limestone implements present is larger than the average registered in other sectors. The flint finds included small flakes and cores.

The collected material was mapped in GIS, conserved, and catalogued.