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Culture presents the National Archaeological Museum in the palace and the government found room only at the site of La Almoloya Pliego (08/10/2014)

The Minister Pedro Antonio Sánchez participated in the presentation of these findings, together with the Secretary of State for Tourism and Deputy Director General of the Ministry Museums

The Ministry of Education, Culture and Universities and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) presented today at the National Archaeological Museum, the results of the work performed this summer at the site of La Almoloya Pliego and have uncovered the richest grave goods the Early Bronze Age of peninsular princely tomb in a palace.

The Minister Pedro Antonio Sánchez participate this afternoon, by the Deputy Director General of Museums of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, Enrique Varela, director of the National Archaeological Museum, Andrew Carter, and the Vice Chancellor for Institutional Relations and Relations with the Territory UAB, Manel You know, in the act in which researchers show the important findings of this unique site in the continental European prehistory.

"The findings include an urban society 'El Algar' composed of buildings with their full inventory, as well as dozens of tombs include mostly offerings. This plot, as well as the strength and expertise in construction, make note the uniqueness of this site, "said Pedro Antonio Sánchez.

Excavations indicate that the entire plateau of La Almoloya, 3,800 square meters, was densely occupied by several residential complex of about 300 square meters, consisting of eight to twelve rooms each.

The buildings were constructed of stone walls stuck with mortar, covered with layers of mortar containing lime.

Some walls had stucco decorated with geometric and naturalistic, one novelty of the discovery of a argárico artistic style.

Among the findings highlighted a large room with high ceilings and about 70 square meters, with capacity for 64 people sitting on the benches that are attached to the walls and with a large home and a podium ceremonial symbolic.

It is a unique building of a political nature, which researchers interpreted as courtroom or government meetings, which would become the first area specializing in Governance in Western Europe.

This room and outbuildings form a large building which researchers describe as palatial, highlighting the fact that only the great oriental civilizations have about the same time comparable buildings in structure and function.

Inside buildings have recovered numerous items of metal, stone, bone, textiles and ceramics in an exceptional state of preservation.

A princely grave with pieces of great value

From fifty tombs in the basement of the buildings of Almoloya highlights one located in a privileged location next to the main header of the courtroom, inside which were found the remains of a man and a woman flexed were buried, accompanied by rich offerings thirty noble metals and semiprecious stones.

One of the most important pieces is a silver diadem that encircled the woman's skull.

It is a discovery of great scientific and heritage value, while the other four crowns known come from a single site (the Argar in Almería) and were discovered over 130 years ago and none of them is preserved today in Spain.

Also have been four dilators ear, equally unusual objects of the time, two of solid gold and two silver.

The role of silver is especially remarkable as the above must be added nine more pieces from rings, earrings and bracelets.

Have also been found in silver the nails holding the handle of a dagger beautiful copper.

Another outstanding piece is a ceramic cup with the rim and body appear covered by thin sheets of silver carefully adjusted, in what constitutes a pioneering example of vascular silvery jewelry.

The last of the most striking pieces is a metal punch provided with a copper tip and a handle forged entirely in silver.

It is a single piece of great perfection in your bill and decoration.

The team of research and field

The team in charge of archaeological research in Almoloya is led by professors at the Autonomous University of Barcelona Vicente Lull, Rafael Mico, Cristina and Roberto Risch Rihuete.

This team has previously made important discoveries in La Bastida, another site of Murcia Bronze Age.

Between 2008 and 2012, co-financed by the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, they unearthed a large fortification and many buildings scattered throughout the city argárica.

The Almoloya is on a steep hill and overlooking a amesetado enormous territory.

This privileged strategic position favored occupation for more than six centuries, from 2200 to 1550 BC The site was released in 1944 by Square Emeterio and Juan de la Cierva.

The findings indicate that the Almoloya was a center of political wealth concentration and first order within the political territory of the Argar.

The presentation of the findings, which was preceded by a presentation today at the Archaeological Museum of Murcia, also attended by the Mayor of Pliego, Antonio Huescar, and the Mayor of Totana, María Isabel Sánchez.

Source: CARM

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