Alcossebre
A Phoenician Pot is recovered during excavations of the village discovered around Santa Lucia
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On Friday, 21st June the Alcala de Xivert-Alcossebre mayor, Francisco Juan Mars, visited the excavation site being worked on in the area surrounding the Santa Lucia Chapel. The work is a continuation of that started last year, when important archaeological discoveries were made.
As local historian and archaeologist, Rafa Ronchera, explained to the mayor, the site of the village surrounded by a wall which dates from the 6th and 7th centuries BC “is an extraordinary find, because its antiquity is almost unique”.
The mayor was able to see another of the discoveries made during the excavation, a pot in good condition “which is more than 2,500 years old”, possibly of Phoenician origin, which the ancient villagers here would have obtained “through trade exchanges which were usual at this time”, those carrying out the excavations explained.
The excavations are being carried out by scholars from ANET and Archaeology students from the Universitat Jaume I, who were working for a week, which has been extended for a further week. The excavations also have support and cooperation from the Museo de Bellas Artes.
These discoveries will enable us “to date the excavations and make a historical sequence” for this village, whilst the next step will be “to restore the pieces we have found and then we will exhibit them so that everyone can learn about the people who lived here then”.
The mayor, Francisco Juan Mars, emphasised that the work is being carried out around Santa Lucia to learn more about the history of the area and “we shall continue working to give value to this type of initiative. It is important that these sorts of projects are encouraged as they create a great attraction”.
The mayor continued by emphasising the cultural and touristic attraction which preserving this human settlement would create, “now when visitors go up to Santa Lucia they will be able to see the views and this discovery”.
On Friday, 21st June the Alcala de Xivert-Alcossebre mayor, Francisco Juan Mars, visited the excavation site being worked on in the area surrounding the Santa Lucia Chapel. The work is a continuation of that started last year, when important archaeological discoveries were made.
As local historian and archaeologist, Rafa Ronchera, explained to the mayor, the site of the village surrounded by a wall which dates from the 6th and 7th centuries BC “is an extraordinary find, because its antiquity is almost unique”.
The mayor was able to see another of the discoveries made during the excavation, a pot in good condition “which is more than 2,500 years old”, possibly of Phoenician origin, which the ancient villagers here would have obtained “through trade exchanges which were usual at this time”, those carrying out the excavations explained.
The excavations are being carried out by scholars from ANET and Archaeology students from the Universitat Jaume I, who were working for a week, which has been extended for a further week. The excavations also have support and cooperation from the Museo de Bellas Artes.
These discoveries will enable us “to date the excavations and make a historical sequence” for this village, whilst the next step will be “to restore the pieces we have found and then we will exhibit them so that everyone can learn about the people who lived here then”.
The mayor, Francisco Juan Mars, emphasised that the work is being carried out around Santa Lucia to learn more about the history of the area and “we shall continue working to give value to this type of initiative. It is important that these sorts of projects are encouraged as they create a great attraction”.
The mayor continued by emphasising the cultural and touristic attraction which preserving this human settlement would create, “now when visitors go up to Santa Lucia they will be able to see the views and this discovery”.
