Following the exploration in previous years of the later levels, investigations recommenced by looking at the twenty-five wells and reservoirs present in the area.
The filling of the wells dating to the Viceregal periodwhich occurred between the 16th century and the first half of the 17th century, was of particular importance., as well Beside the bronze coins which precisely dated the obliteration to the first decades of 1600 after the Great Plague, this produced a vast quantity of material including pottery, glass, metal and even wooden artefacts. The pottery series was outstanding: beside the locally produced pottery for daily use there was polychrome majolica imported from Montelupo, majolica from the Val d’Arno with so-called “alla porcellana” decoration, pottery with “berettino” enamel from Liguria, marbled and sgraffito wares from Pisa. The painted majolica polychrome jugs were outstanding and either preserved intact or reconstructable almost to their intact state. As regards the compendium majolica and the so-called “turchine”, the contacts with Castelli d’Abruzzo were clear, both in the imports, often attested by contemporary documents, and in those made in local workshops inspired by the Abruzzo types. Furthermore, worthy of note was a production of Renaissance sgraffito pottery, recently found on many sites in central-southern Italy – Abruzzo, Molise and Campania itself – further confirmation of the commercial traffic not only along the Tyrrhenian routes but also towards the internal circuits of the kingdom.
The fills of a number of wells belonging to the earliest phases of the block produced 15th century pottery: lustre ware imported from Valencia, majolica with the Aragonese arms of the Duke of Calabria and majolica painted in blue and blue and orange; the latter showing clear parallels with coeval majolica paving in some of the Neapolitan churches, such as those of the Caracciolo chapel in the church of S. Giovanni a Carbonara.