The season’s goal was to ascertain whether the monumental fortification wall discovered in 2012 continued across the northern edge of the plateau and obtain further details.

The small sounding excavated by this year’s team revealed an in situ mudbrick wall constructed on top of a large cut stone wall, situated on bedrock. At the base of this wall was discovered a chamber containing pottery fragments and faunal material, possibly the remains of a foundation deposit from the construction of this wall.

This discovery substantiates the chronology of the Vigla settlement established by the three previous seasons and indicates that there was more monumental construction than previously believed.