Excavations were carried out in several zones of the Bronze Age fortified settlement of Coppa Nevigata.

In the area of the Apennine postern gate excavation reached the level on which the wall was set and further examination of the interior of the wall itself was undertaken towards the east, which identified a first construction phase. Inside the eastern tower the cobble surface dating to the Apennine phase was removed together with the collapse below relating to the proto-Apennine phase. This revealed the original surface of the room which related to the latter cultural context. Numerous pottery fragments and a flint arrow head were found. In the zone in front of the eastern tower, dating to the Apennine period when the latter was partially rebuilt, traces were found of what must have been the original front of the proto-Apennine tower. This projected over 12 m from the external line of the walls. The examination of the road surface (relating to the Sub-Apennine period, but overlaying an earlier road) which exited from the Apennine walls was completed, together with that of stretch of early Iron Age ditch which intercepted it. To the east of the row of stones delimiting the road the fronts of three intersecting walls were uncovered. The earliest, situated to the south of the others on a straight north-south alignment, seems to date to the early Apennine period; the other two, which were curved, cannot be precisely dated, but must be later than this phase and precede the Sub-Apennine re-organization of the road, as well as the rebuilding of the ditch which cuts the northern most wall of the three. It may therefore relate to the external defences built in the Apennine period.

To the west of the road a sub-rectangular structure was better defined. It can be ascribed to the Early Apennine period and is preserved to a height of almost 1 m. Reinforced with several buttresses to the north, its base was abutted by a curvilinear structure which is difficult to interpret. Further to the west the line of the Apennine phase ditch’s stone facing was better defined, as were the earthworks behind it. In the area of the sub-Apennine settlement a sub-rectangular beaten surface was uncovered, with traces of burning and evidence of various remakes, relating to a dwelling.