Starting from the 9th century the alluvial plain southwest of the road between Ponte a Cappiano and Fucecchio begins to be more inhabited, on the contrary we have no data of eventual settlements at the southern borders of the Fucecchio marshland. The settlements are concentrated on the surrounding hilltops in a rural landscape with small villages and sparse houses, maybe indicating the gradual exploitation of the territory by small landowners particularly well-known in the Valdinievole during the Carolingian age. The archaeological remains gathered at Poggio al Vento and Vedute exemplify these houses of early medieval tradition.