Summary (English)
The excavations covered an area of c. 140 m2 on a low prominence of a ridge in the Lambro valley. The collapse of an elliptical structure, c. 16 × 14m, was uncovered. The structure had a wall with facings of irregular stone blocks and core of stone chips, 1.80/1.90 m wide on the south-west side, and 1.20/1.40 m wide along the remaining perimeter. About half of the structure’s interior was excavated, revealing two rectilinear structures defining a room. The next campaign should produce a better plan, when the collapse left in place to protect the lower layers will be removed. Ancient and modern robbing made it possible to reach another level of collapse, made up of unbaked pale clay bricks, probably datable to the 4th century B.C. The terracotta votives found both in the superficial collapse and during surface survey can be attributed to the same period, and suggest the presence of a sanctuary. The next campaigns will also define the site’s function in the earliest phase, to date only attested by impasto and painted pottery of the 7th ? – 6th centuries B.C.
- Elio De Magistris -Dipartimento di Scienze del Patrimonio Culturale - Università di Salerno 
Director
Team
- Vincenzo Pellegrino-Università Paul-Valéry, Montpellier
- Virginia Caiazza-Università degli studi di Salerno
- Margherita Fiani-Università degli Studi di Salerno
Research Body
- Università degli Studi di Salerno - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile.
- Università degli Studi di Salerno - Dipartimento di Scienze del patrimonio Culturale
Funding Body
- Comune di S. Mauro La Bruca
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