During work for the installation of a methane gas supply, two sections of necropolis were uncovered north of the modern town. The earliest group of burials dates to around the mid 5th century B.C. and comprises eleven single monosome burials in simple earth graves orientated on a north-west/south-east axis. The tomb groups are composed of the items necessary for the ritual banquet: _kylixes_ (some of colonial provenance), _skyphoi_, small jugs, _oinochoai_, _nestorides_, Attic _lekythoi_, black glaze cups and patere, jars, _kantharoi_, acroma basins and bronze graters. Also present were skewers and fire-dogs (alari) used for cooking meat. Worthy of note are a minature amphora in glass paste, a silver ring and an iron brooch. The presence of a large quantity of pottery of Metapontine production documents a change in Greek contacts: they no longer came from Sybaris but from Metaponto which renews its interest in the Siritide and extends its reach across the river valleys as far as the indigenous population in the interior. The second group of burials lies at circa 200m down the valley and dates to the first half of the 4th century B.C. It comprises ten single burials in earth graves marked by piles of stones. They belong to a wealthy Lucanian farm situated in a strategic position which overlooked all rivers connecting the Ionian coast to the interior. The tomb groups consist of either figured or black glaze kraters, _skyphoi_, patere and small cups, black glaze _pelikai_ with lids and Red-figure amphore belonging to the school of the Roccanova Painter and the Brooklyn-Budapest Painter. Other interesting artifacts include a strigil, a red-painted terracotta pomegranate and a bronze belt which documents the presence of a soldier. Artefacts connected with the use of fire consisted of fire-dogs, an iron candelabra and lead skewers.