The territory of the Sarno valley presents the first traces of human presence between the 9th and 6th centuries BC, a period to which numerous necropolises date back with around 1,400 pit tombs, attributed to the Sarrastri population.
The Sarno valley has evidence of early human settlement from the 9th to 6th centuries BC, with a large number of pit tombs found there, believed to belong to the Sarrastri people.