The 2013 research was concentrated in two areas: sectors II and IV. In the first two rooms were excavated, including IIH, where a previously uncovered Hellenistic beaten earth floor was removed. Below lay a substantial collapse of mud brick. Below this was a crushed tufa floor associated with baked clay walls. The few finds from below the collapse, which rested on the floor, showed that the final occupation phase dated to the mid 7th century B.C.

An adjacent room was also excavated, situated at the crossroads of streets A and B, its substantial walls probably built in the 1st century A.D. Despite disturbance caused by the construction of the adjacent Roman road bed to the east, on the west side, below a floor on imperial date, there was an archaic context with evidence of structures for metal casting, such as a large amount of slag, tuyeres, and small iron and bronze objects.

In sector IV, where a modern trench had compromised the stratigraphy, several spaces divided by mud brick walls were documented. To the west, the preparatory levels for the Roman imperial phase were removed. Continuation of the investigation on the north side that had stopped at a late Hellenistic floor make up revealed a new floor of Punic date. The removal of this floor exposed a stone cist, closed on three sides by flat, vertically placed stones and sealed by a double layer of small stones. This feature’s function and chronology will be clarified by further excavation.