The main purpose of the project is to document the outline of a road network on and around Monte Polizzo. Additional purposes are to find out how the roads are constructed and how old they are. Although the roads have not been dated, we believe they are contemporaneous with the remains of the Elymian town on the top of Monte Polizzo. At least some of the roads must have been built before the town was founded, so building materials could be brought up to the mountaintop. If the roads were already there before the town was built, this suggests that the road network must have had an impact of the planning of the town.

The construction of the road will also give us clues to the technological level of the Elymian society and their means of transportation.

We believe that the mapping part of the project is almost completed although, according to aerial reconnaissance photos of the mountain, there might still be a few roads stretches left to be mapped.

The project will continue next year with excavations of selected parts of the roads. A report of our fieldwork during 2004 will be published during this year. We intend to publish it in both English and Italian. The fieldwork during the year of 2005 and 2006 will also be followed up by an annual report.