TThe remains of a funerary enclosure came to light , in the locality of Fabbrica in via Vergini, in the north-eastern part of the territory of Alife, on the edge of the zone of Conca d’Oro. Within the enclosure were three burials in earth graves and a fourth in a tile “a cassa” tomb. The latter’s grave goods, datable to the end of the 3rd century B.C., included a flat based amphora with the stamp CN LVCI on the handle. Moreover, in the south-eastern corner of the area were the remains of the bustum relating to the burials. Between the 1st century B.C. and the 2nd-3rd century A.D. the area was reused for productive activities, as attested by the find of a substantial quantity of loom weights.

Excavation continued of the necropolis in use in from the 3rd-2nd century B.C. and in the 1st century A.D. In the zone above the present via Vergini a deliberately broken three legged cooking pan with traces of burning was found in a tomb. This relates to the celebration on site of a silicernium, as the find of numerous balsamarii relates to the late Hellenistic tradition of sprinkling the deceased and pyre with perfumed essences. The simplicity of the grave goods reflects the sumptuary restrictions typical of the mid to late Republican period throughout the middle Italic area. In the light of this, the presence in tomb 1, zone B of an iron skewer in association with black glaze ware and a kitchen amphora of a form to date unknown in Campania bearing stamps that are among the earliest amphora stamps known to date (beginning of the 2nd century B.C.) was of great interest. A small bronze disc with a hole through it, found in one of the depositions, may be interpreted as a weight that had been preserved for the intrinsic value of the metal. Some of the burials were of females, as attested by the presence of a hair pin fragment and, perhaps, by a silver ring found in the urn of one of the burials.

Still in the locality of Conca d’Oro, via Vergini, the razed foundations, of a substantial nature, belonging to a rural building came to light. This was also datable to the Republican period, as shown both by the finds and its alignment which agreed with other structures found in the area and with the centuriation of the ager Allifanus. Furthermore, on the Bisceglie property the disturbed remains of several graves with tile coverings were found. These dated to the 5th-6th century B.C. and between the burials was a partially preserved deposit in which were the remains of a funerary ceremony, including pottery and animal bones. On the De Vizio property the remains of structures and stratigraphy relating to a small villa rustica were found. This was built within the third quarter of the 1st century B.C. and was aligned on the same axis as the centuriation in the area, which as is known dates to 42 B.C.

In the locality of Fabbrica (along the via Vergini, on the Di Muccio property) structures were uncovered that can be attributed to a Roman villa rustica . Situated on a terrace it can probably be associated with other walls a short distance away that were discovered in the past. Datable to between the end of the 2nd century and the 1st century B.C. these show the existence of a vast rustic-residential settlement situated in the foothill area and used for the agricultural exploitation of the territory. Along the slope below a pit/ditch was identified which may have been related to a small clay quarry. This was filled with dumped material datable to between the end of the 7th and the mid 6th century B.C. The characteristics of the recognisable vessel forms, the abundance of plain buff ware and cooking wares recovered, the lack of homogeneity among the fragments and, in particular, the presence of a kiln stacking ring suggests that this was a midden for a settlement, perhaps linked to the contemporary necropolis situated in the locality of Cimitero-Croce Santa Maria. Further finds were made during work for the replacement of the water pipes in the territory of Alife, managed by the Land Reclamation Consortium of Sannio Alifano. In the locality of Conca d’Oro a new sector of a known necropolis, excavated by the Egg family in 1880-1884, was identified. Here fourteen burials were excavated, datable to between the 6th – 4th century B.C. and divided into two distinct nuclei. Seven tombs had already been excavated, perhaps at the end of the 1800s, and were without skeleton or grave goods. The other seven were intact earth graves, except for one which was an “a cassa” tomb built of tiles. The simple tomb groups comprised two or three bucchero vases for the earliest burials, black glaze ware for the later ones and a few objects of personal ornament, usually two or three iron and/or bronze fibulae.