The rescue excavation of a votive deposit was carried out near the Museo Nazionale di Policoro. This was composed of a tightly packed, square shaped accumulation of figured pinakes. This find provides evidence which further supports the interpretation of the structures found in the 1960s, at 200m west of the museum, as a sanctuary. These structures comprise a sacellum (A & B) and a series of rooms (C ). Besides the late archaic evidence, a series of four construction phases have been identified dating to between the 4th to 2nd centuries B.C. Work is being undertaken with the aim of opening the site to the public. The site is delimited to the west by the "fosso Varatizzo"which runs immediately beyond the series of rooms at the back of complex C. Excavations on the northern side of the site have revealed what is probable a temenos, which should join the back wall of structure C. Between the probable temenos and the previously excavated structures was a deposit of clay silt, covering the last occupation phase dating to the end of the 3rd century-beginning of the 2nd century B.C. This deposit probably came from the nearby water course. During cleaning of the floor level in structure B, the remains of a large, square room (structure D) came to light. This dates to a preceding phase at the end of the 4th century B.C. and contained several loom weights. Below were the remains of a small channel which may belong to the late archaic period. Along the southern side, a stretch of pavement in small cobbles was uncovered, which may be a connecting walk-way running parallel to the complex belonging to the last phase of occupation. Excavation of the bothros, discovered in the 60s, revealed a cover formed by two tiles, beneath which were layers of burning containing fragments of burnt bone. Its floor was partly lined with tiles at a depth of 30cm below the floor level. (Maria Luisa Nava)