This year’s excavation was undertaken in agreement with the Montelupo Fiorentino Museum of Archaeology and Ceramics and on behalf of the Archaeological Superintendency of Tuscany.
The agreed objective was to continue the excavation of the building (structure 6) that was partially uncovered in 2008 and 2009. This structure, probably a house, is situated on the north slope of the Bibbiani hill.

Students from the universities of Siena and Florence participated in the excavation together with members of the Gruppo Archeologico di Montelupo Fiorentino and a member of the Cooperativa Archeologica ICHNOS.

In 2009 the fill of the earliest structure was excavated (US8). Below US8 a layer rich in archaeological material was reached which overlay a level of grey silt containing charcoal. About 4 m2 of this level was excavated. In 2010 work continued on the removal of US8 until the entire surface area of structure US9 was reached. US8 was a dark grey layer with a clayey silt matrix, present at the centre of the structure. It varied in thickness between 5 cm, along the edges, and 15 cm at the centre of the structure and contained very little archaeological material and occasional lumps of charcoal. Floatation was carried out on all the material from this layer.
US9 was a horizon of silty grey sediment rich in pottery and charcoal. The level and materials were documented three-dimensionally prior to excavation. The layer produced a substantial amount of ceramic material, faunal remains and some stone artefacts, including three pierced limestone “buttons”.

The floatation of the sediments from US8 and US9 recovered an abundance of charcoal and some carbonised seeds. All the finds have been deposited at the Museum in Montelupo Fiorentino.