In 1999 excavations reopened on the archaic Greek village of Punta Chiarito at Forio d’Ischia. The first structure to emerge, a house dating to the beginning of the 6th century B.C., has been reconstructed at a scale of 1:1, together with all its vases and bronze and iron implements, in Naples Archaeological Museum.

The new investigation looked at a terrace circa 3 m higher and situated south of the building. The stratigraphic sequence previously documented was confirmed: an immense mud slide determined the end of the village sometime within the first half of the 6th century B.C. The excavation brought to light a small beaten earth pathway which probably linked two dwellings. Two small drainage channels ran beside the pathway, the eastern one followed the line of the path without interruption, whilst the western one channelled water into the nearby field. At its northern end the pathway was obliterated by a group of three amphorae and a pithos set into the ground. Trenches placed at the opposite end of the path revealed the earlier ancient ground level which, although substantially sterile, produced a fragment of an S.O.S. amphora. This element confirmed the dating to the second half of the 8th century B.C. for the first occupation phase of the village at Punta Chiarito.