During work to enlarge the modern cemetery of Venosa, situated to the north-east of the amphitheatre, some new archaeological evidence came to light which is soon to be fully investigated. In particular, two dry-stone walls were revealed which at present cannot be dated. However, a large quantity of Hellenistic material, found out of context, seems to relate to these walls. Amongst this material were a fragment of an Italic Red-figure crater, numerous fragments of black glaze ware (including examples with painted decoration) and locally produced banded wares of both Hellenistic and probably archaic date. These finds are of interest as pre-Roman evidence has been found at Venosa only sporadically, in contrast to what the written sources tell us regarding the existence of an important settlement pre-dating the foundation of the Latin colony. (Maria Luisa Nava)