Slightly to the north of San Teodoro, on the right bank of the river Basento, a substantial rural complex has been partially investigated. It is articulated in several intercommunicating sectors. The main sector comprises at least three large rooms, had a tile roof, thick walls and what seems to be a square atrium, with an-impluvium at its centre. The building had both residential and productive functions, with areas that were used for food storage. Amongst the artefacts recovered are loom-weights, fragments of millstones, commercial amphorae and large containers. This nucleus was destroyed by fire. The atrium-impluvium opened onto a large cobbled courtyard (peristyle?). The other two sectors did not have tiled roofs and had narrower walls. The complex has a regular, geometric plan and the addition of new rooms to the original, central nucleus did not alter the plan and respected its original orientation. The finds date to between the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. and comprise a few forms in black glaze ware and a large quantity of grey fabric and internal red slip table wares, unguentaria and lamps. The amphorae are mainly of the so-called “Metapontine” type. The complex was in large part abandoned during the Social Wars, although it is possible that the structure was in use until the Augustan period, even though living conditions clearly worsened. The absence of protective structures must have determined a rise in the level of the water table, as attested by maintenance work carried out in the courtyard where there was continuous dumping of inert material. Amongst the material used to form a drainage layer beneath the floors and structures was a large quantity of pottery and votive terracottas from an earlier phase dating to between the 5th-4th century B.C. (Maria Luisa Nava)