MARQ excavations

LUCENTUM (TOSSAL DE MANISES, ALICANTE).)

 

Project manager


Manuel H. Olcina Donénech
[email protected]
Tel.: 965149000

 

ProjectArchaeological action project (Tossal de Manises, Alicante) 2013.

Promoter: Diputación de Alicante - MARQ

DirectorsManuel Olcina Doménech (MARQ), Rafael Pérez Jiménez (Architecture Area), Eva Tendero Porras (CV-MARQ Foundation) and Antonio Guilabert Mas (CV-MARQ Foundation).

This action has the authorisation of the Consellería de Cultura i Esport de la Generalitat Valenciana. File 2013/0259-A.

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The MARQ will start on 27 June a new excavation campaign at the archaeological site of the Tossal de Manisessite of the ancient Roman city of Lucentum. The work will be carried out in rooms in sectors B and B-C of the site, on its southeast side, focusing on the levels prior to the foundation of the Roman municipality, especially on the destruction detected in a large part of the enclave during the Second Punic War, which pitted Rome against Carthage.

The excavation work will be carried out over the course of a month, under the direction of Manuel Olcina Doménech, Rafael Pérez Jiménez, Eva Tendero Porras and Antonio Guilabert Mas, from the MARQ and the Department of Architecture of the Provincial Council of Alicante, who will also be responsible for the consolidation and enhancement of the findings once the field work has been completed.

This campaign will involve 23 university graduates and students, as volunteer collaborators, who will carry out both excavation and laboratory work. All these activities will be carried out in a site open to the public, next to the transit areas, so that visitors can see how an archaeological intervention takes place during their visit.

The Tossal de Manises, which has been excavated discontinuously since the 18th century, is today a point of reference in studies of the period between the landing of Rome and Carthage on peninsular soil and the Islamisation of the territory. Its opening to the public in 1998 was also a milestone in the dissemination of archaeological heritage and bringing archaeology closer to society, as endorsed by its selection for the final of the Telefonica Ability Awards in 2012.

 


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10 May, 2012

Lectures: Social projection of the archaeological heritage of Cartagena

El 16 de mayo de 2012 a las 18:00 bajo el título genérico “Proyección social del patrimonio arqueológico de Cartagena” se celebraron dos conferencias a cargo de José Miguel Noguera Celdrán (Catedrático de Arqueología de la Universidad de Murcia) y Elena Ruiz Valderas (Directora del Museo del Teatro Romano de Cartagena).

4 May, 2012

Nueva publicación del MARQ

Esta publicación es fruto de la colaboración del MARQ con el Instituto Arqueológico Alemán de Madrid.

2 May, 2012

visit to MARQ Water cycle

The IV International Conference on Seawater Intrusion Technology in Coastal Aquifers will be held in the Marq's Assembly Hall.

3rd International Symposium on Coastal Aquifers and Desalination Plants.

17 April, 2012

RNE's "mobile museum" at MARQ tomorrow

Radio Nacional de España (RNE) celebra su 75 aniversario con una plataforma móvil que recorre toda España. El día 18 estará en el MARQ, quien también cumple este mes de mayo 10 años.

16 April, 2012

MARQ collaborates in the recovery of Lorca's archaeological heritage

Este proyecto expositivo que el MARQ presentará al público el 17 de abril, con la presencia de la Presidenta de la Diputación de Alicante, Dª Luisa Pastor Lillo, y el Alcalde de Lorca, D. Francisco Jódar Alonso, cuenta con el patrocinio de la Fundación Caja Murcia. 

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