There will be excavations in the Sima de las Palomas, the Cueva Negra, the surroundings of the fortress of Alhama and the Roman villa of Villaricos
A total of thirteen archaeological and paleontological sites in the region will have excavation campaigns this summer that have already been authorized by the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage. Due to its strategic position, Murcia is one of the richest regions in deposits at the national level. About 3,000 are counted, although it is believed that there could be many more undiscovered. They are all listed as public domain assets. Most of the actions to be carried out will be funded by the regional Administration for conservation, adaptation and enhancement tasks.
Pacheco Tower
Works with fauna remains in the Sima de las Palomas
The intervention in the Sima de las Palomas began in 1994 and since then it has not ceased to amaze, according to the co-director of these excavations, Mariano López, who has been working together with Michael J. Walker and María Haber. A large amount of fauna, tools and even human remains corresponding to ‘Homo neanderthalensis’ are some of the discoveries. Between 2005 and 2009, three nearly complete Neanderthal skeletons were found. This summer, inspections will take place on a layer dated between 90,000 and 110,000 years old. “Here the faunal and lithic industry remains are very abundant”, López points out.
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An area of silos on the Castillo hill
Excavations on the Castillo de Alhama hill will begin on July 11 under the direction of José Baños, director of the Alhama Archaeological Museum. The works will have the participation of archaeologists and students from universities in Murcia, Granada and Madrid. They will last until July 24. The intervention aims to recover an area of storage silos in the western neighborhood and the opening of the streets and houses in the downtown area. On the other hand, in the excavations of the Cabezo de la Fuente del Murtal, also in Alhama, the researchers will try to identify and recognize the buildings found in the Cima Noroeste.
Caravaca de la Cruz
Analysis of the deepest levels of the Black Cave
The Cueva Negra de Caravaca faces its 31st survey, “with the aim of continuing with the excavation of the upper levels of the interior wall of the cave”, details Mariano López, who, as in Torre Pacheco, is co-director of these excavations together with Michael J. Walker and María Haber. The work will also focus on the deepest levels, “particularly interesting since the presence of a layer of ashes corresponding to a bonfire was confirmed in the 2011 campaign.”
Totana
Ninth work camp in Las Cabezuelas
Under the direction of the archaeologists José Antonio González and Juan Antonio Ramírez Águila, between July 25 and August 5, the IX Work Camp will be held at the site of Las Cabezuelas de Totana, organized by the Kalathos Association, the City Council and community. Four historical periods are represented at this site, ranging from the Bronze Age, Iberian Horizon, Roman and Andalusian. “It’s a real history book,” says González. On July 9 there will be a guided tour in the late afternoon, framed in the festivities of Santiago.
Cehegin
Details of a large wall in the interior of Begastri
Francisco Peñalver, director of the Cehegín Archaeological Museum and head of the Begastri archaeological park, explains that the excavations will take place this year under the direction of Rafael González, professor of Ancient History at the UMU. They will take place during the month of August with the participation of students from this university. The objective is to continue excavating in the western part of the site, in a large wall more than a meter wide that appeared years ago.
Jumilla
The signs of the urbanism of Cerro del Tío Pimentón
In Jumilla two excavations will be developed. The first of them will start on July 13 on the hill of Tío Pimentón, a town from the Full Bronze Age in which action has already been taken in collaboration with the universities of Murcia, Alicante and Granada. It is intended to know the signs of the urbanism of the II millennium before Christ, within a national project of study of the Cultural Groups beyond the northern border of El Argar. The second excavation will begin on August 29 in the Iberian complex of Coimbra del Barranco Ancho, a site in which research has been carried out since 1977. It will be supervised by Emiliano Hernández, an expert in excavations in Jumilla.
Mule
An industrial complex and more than 50 burials
Excavations in the Roman town of Villaricos de Mula have been carried out since June 27 and will end on July 10, all under the direction of Professor of Ancient History Rafael González Fernández, from the University of Murcia; José Antonio Zapata Parra, municipal archaeologist, and Francisco Fernández, also an archaeologist. This campaign focuses on inspecting the Northeast area, where archaeological documentation work continues on a new industrial complex; the northern area, where there are a total of 50 burials with the spectacular discovery of the late Roman sarcophagus last year; and, finally, in the area known as La Mina, explained José Antonio Zapata.
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An Andalusian barn on the head of the Corbetera
The works projected in this place, where there is an Andalusian granary, are based on conservation and maintenance tasks, although they are still pending adjudication by the City Council.
Abanilla
Recovery of the remains of the Iberian lynx in Quibas
The Sierra de Quibas paleontological site was discovered in 1994 in an abandoned quarry. Since 2014, it has been investigated by the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution. It is a unique outcrop in Europe due to its age (1.2–1.0 million years). In this campaign they will continue working with the collaboration of the universities of Murcia, Barcelona and Jaén. The scientific objectives are to recover the remains of the oldest and most complete Iberian lynx, taxonomic identification, study of faunal evolution, chronological approximation, paleoecological data and climatic evolution.
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More information about the Argaric culture in La Almoloya
It is an exceptional site of the Argaric culture of the Bronze Age, located on the northern slopes of Sierra Espuña. It occupies a strategic place on a plateau-shaped hill with great visual dominance that favored its occupation for about six centuries, between 2200 and 1550 before our era. Work will continue this summer in this enclave of the Argaric culture.
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Fossiliferous levels in the Casa Alta
The paleontological survey of the Casa Alta seeks to identify presumably fossiliferous levels of Miocene microvertebrates in this area of the basin.
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