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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24 September, 2009

Grants in museum restoration

The Provincial Council of Alicante has announced TWO TRAINING GRANTS IN MUSEUM RESTORATION for the Provincial Archaeological Museum.

Deadline for submission of applications: Until 13 October 2009.
 

 

23 September, 2009

Lecture by Mr. Xavier Aquilué Abadias

On 23 September, Mr. Xavier Aquilué Abadias. Director of the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia-Empuries, will give the lecture "La ciutat grega d'emporion (empúries). 101 years of archaeological excavations".

Venue: MARQ Assembly Hall
Time: 19:00 h.

3 September, 2009

Open Days at the Almudaina Tower

After its inauguration on the 13th of August by the President of the Provincial Council of Alicante, Mr. José Joaquín Ripoll, and the Mayor of Almudaina, Mr. José Luis Seguí, the Almudaina Almohad Tower is holding Open Days until the 12th of September ....

22 July, 2009

3D scanning of the Discobolo

 The MARQ, the Archaeological Museum of Alicante and the Official College of Technical Engineers in Topography (www.geomaticalicante.es) have signed an agreement with the British Museum to obtain a mathematical model of the Discobolus by means of laser scanning and state-of-the-art photogrammetric techniques.

10 July, 2009

GRAFFITI, spontaneous art in Alicante

From the 10th of July we can enjoy in Villajoyosa this exhibition on graffiti in the province of Alicante, which brings together a selection of motifs and panels which, due to their subject matter and content, bring us closer to the knowledge of a type of art unknown to a large part of the population. The exhibition will end on 30 September 2009.

 

4 July, 2009

Pau Gasol visits Discóbolo and announces his participation in the European Championship in Poland

 Pau Gasol today visited the MARQ, Archaeological Museum of Alicantewhere he had the opportunity to contemplate the exceptional pieces from the exhibitions "The Beauty of the Body in Ancient Greece". y "Greek traces in Iberian Contestania"Among them, the Discóbolo de Mirón, and has announced its participation in the next European Basketball Championship to be held in September in Poland.

 

 
30 June, 2009

Summer Workshops 2009

The MARQ's programme of temporary exhibitions is an unbeatable opportunity for young people to visit collections from other museums, not only from our province, but also from other national and international museums, such as the British Museum, which allow them to learn about other cultures through their material remains.

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30 June, 2009

DRAWING COMPETITION:

As every year, MARQ will dedicate this summer period to our youngest friends with an exciting proposal: an exciting journey to ancient Greece! We anticipate that there will be interesting activities where you can learn about many aspects of Greek life: art, sport, daily life, games, gods, myths,...

10 June, 2009

Educational Centres Poster Competition

The classes that come to visit the Exhibition from the different Primary, Secondary and Baccalaureate schools can participate in this competition, in which they will have to create a poster expressing the essence of the exhibition:

1. Image (drawing, illustration, photographs, etc.)
2. Phrase or slogan.

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