The 13th field project at Palaipafos, under the direction of Maria Iacovou, professor, department, history and archaeology, Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus, took place between May and July and concentrated on the plateau (citadel) of Hadjiabdoulla, one kilometre east of the Sanctuary of Aphrodite.

According to the results of the Ancient Paphos landscape analysis project, which has been running since 2006, the Hadjiabdoulla plateau was the administrative-economic centre (i.e. the acropolis) of Ancient Paphos during the Cypro-Classical period.

Along the Northern side of the plateau, the archaeological mission of the University of Cyprus has identified and is investigating a complex architectural unit, which was constructed at the beginning of the fifth century BC by the Paphos royal dynasty.