Excavations continued in the same area as the previous year (sect. A) and in an adjacent area on the north side (sect. B). In the area of the Iron Age deposits (sect. A), excavation of all the identified post-holes was completed. The holes presented the same typology and fill as documented for the others. The deposits were constituted by Iapigian and impasto pottery, as well as the remains of cooking stands and animal bones. A Hellenistic midden was also excavated which produced pottery, tile and architectural materials probably from the demolition of a number of buildings that stood in the immediate vicinity. During the excavation the remains of Iapigian hut, only just intercepted by a previously dug trial trench, were examined.

As regards area B, the excavations uncovered a Hellenistic cult structure. So far this seems to have comprised an enclosure built of squared blocks and a large cistern. The latter has not been completely emptied, but the excavation of the first layers produced very little pottery but a large quantity of bones belonging to large animals. The enclosure comprised two adjoining spaces, delimited by walls made of large squared blocks. The excavation found no traces of roofing. At the centre of one of the spaces there was a hearth, whilst immediately outside there was a votive deposit with a small buried lekane containing a small upside down cup. Nearby there was a substantial dump of sheep/goat bones, at present being studied by the archeozoology department of Salento University. A terracotta disc found in the enclosure provided further evidence of the sacred character of the complex, also indicated by the presence of the cistern. The structure finds precise typological and functional parallels in other buildings identified in Vaste itself.