The primary scientific goal of the proposed project was the investigation of the dynamics of change of Musti, one of 200 towns known from the province of Africa Proconsularis, in a delicate moment of transition from a Numidian agglomeration to a Roman one, and the development of Musti as an element of urban system of Africa and Roman Empire. Emphasis was given to studying of the Numidian and Roman populations inhabiting the town and retracing their transformation from the 4^th-3^rd century BC to the mid-3^rd century AD.

These objectives were to be achieved by means of application of archaeological methods, such as excavations, surveys, stratigraphic analysis, remote sensing and multispectral imagining, geophysical prospection and extensive environmental studies. They were grounded in chronology established based on radiocarbon dating, stratigraphic analysis, and analysis of the collected artefacts, including ceramics.