During the 2023-2024 restoration campaign, the area north of the abbey was explored. The investigations, conducted by archaeologists A. Moscariello and A. Palermo Rossetti, revealed significant medieval historical activity in the area, with a cemetery adjacent to the original church of SS. Salvatore and an adjoining horizontal putridarium, or temporary burial chamber, a rather rare burial practice in medieval Southern Italy. The discovery of a tunnel – over 180 cm deep and about 80 cm wide, partly accessible – suggests intense monastic activity in later periods and a targeted use of the water resources. To date, various recovered artifacts point to a chronological range from the 12th to the 15th century, while the architectural decorative elements suggest the presence of prestigious structures, possibly part of the large wall sections – parallel or orthogonal to the monastic complex’s geometry – emerging in the context, probably dating back to the Roman settlement period, but still under study. You can admire the artifacts from the excavations in the museum area. From the penultimate layer of fill investigated at the foot of the tower (mausoleum), interesting architectural elements have been found, such as the ashlar of an arch with a 12th-century epigraph pertaining to the funerary monument (ciborium) of S. Guglielmo, and a sculpted lion head likely part of the missing body of the lion on the facade of the chapel of San Luca (circa 1255). The preliminary archaeological data collected so far, along with the interesting stratigraphies identified, suggest a continuous historical usage of the context.