MARQ will continue this year with its archaeological excavation programmeThis is one of the most complete and rigorous in the Valencian Community, both for the historical periods it covers - from the Palaeolithic to the Middle Ages - and for the territorial scope in which it is carried out. The main objective of this work is to documenting and conducting extensive scientific research of the findings that are recovered, as well as to advance our knowledge of the ancient civilisations that populated different enclaves in the province of Alicante.
In this sense, throughout 2014, the team of archaeologists from the Alicante museum will be working on the sites of Cabezo de Pardo in the Vega Baja, the Slopes of the Castle of Callosa de Segurathe Randero Cave of Pedreguer, the Cova de L'Or in Beniarrés, the Penyal d'Ifac in Calpe, the Illeta dels Banyets in El Campello, as well as the Albufereta Bay and the Tossal de Manisesboth in Alicante.
The provincial institution will allocate a total of 107,500 euros to carry out this work, which will begin next year. month of May in the slopes of the Callosa de Segura Castlewhere it will proceed to the opening of an area of fifteen square metres to record their structures and the sequence of the area. In addition, the excavation of the area will continue opened in the previous campaign and was update the study of two clay figures in the shape of bovids found in 2013.
The Tossal de Manises is another of the areas in which the MARQ will be working this summer with the objective of delve deeper into the evolution of the first Roman city on the hillThe possible existence of structures in the sacred area of the first municipal forum, which may have influenced the later urban layout of the civitas, and the possible existence of structures in the sacred area of the first municipal forum.
The archaeological intervention in the Penyal d'Ifac will focus on the extension of the work begun in previous campaigns focusing on the west and north walls, the gate, the Church and the Necropolis. In addition, it is planned to reconstruction of ashlar masonry parts from the site, among other actions.
For its part, the Illeta dels Banyets the excavation of the siteas well as to the cleaning, classification and glued of the materials to be recovered in the area, whereas in the Cova de L'Or the sieving of the terrerascontinuing the work of 2013.
Another site is the Cova del Randero in Pedreguerwhere work will be carried out in the central gallery and in the entrance hall. to link the uncovered occupancy floors in each of them. In addition, the interior room will be prepared for excavation by installing lighting, opening the access and cleaning the surface areas.
In addition, the update of the underwater archaeological map of Albufereta Bayin Alicante, and archaeological work will continue at Cabezo Pardowhich will focus on three areas. On the one hand, the levels associated with Phase IV of the site will be studied, on the other hand, work will continue in sector 4 and research work will be carried out on a dump-pit in the area and, finally, a new excavation area will be opened in which a structure similar to a living unit has been located.
