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The site corresponds to a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze Age (Argaric) dated in the first half of the second millennium BC.
The City Council of Puerto Lumbreras continues to work with the Department of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage to protect archaeological sites in the municipality.
Over the past months have been listed about a dozen sites in the locality.
Tuesday March 8, 2011.
The archaeological site of Picacho de Tercia in Puerto Lumbreras has been declared of Cultural Interest by the General Directorate of Fine Arts and Cultural Assets of the Region of Murcia.
Specifically, the site corresponds to a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze Age (Argaric), dated in the first half of the second millennium BC.
Thus, the archaeological site of Tercia Picacho is located on the eastern edge of the Sierra de la Estancia, on the upper slopes and summit of a hill protected by strong natural defenses consisting of steep slopes.
The location of the village is justified by the immediacy of water resources and the control of a communication channel that flowed through the channel of the Rambla de Vilerda.
The Councillor for Tourism and Environment, Ginés David Piñero, explained that the purpose of cataloging the Picacho deposit of Tercia as a Site of Cultural Interest is to protect and preserve the archaeological heritage of the town, as this type of help sites convey the history of the earliest settlements in our area. "
Thus, at the site are two sectors.
The first located at the top and north slope of the hill, it is the inhabited part of the hill where different stretches of wall protected the front of the site.
Inside the walled city have found several straight walls and covered by dense vegetation cover, which belong to habitat structures.
On the other hand, the archaeological record found in the reservoir is defined by abundant ceramic fragments Argaric, most walls of storage containers.
After the documentation of this site, the general direction of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage, in collaboration with the Municipality of Puerto Lumbreras, continues working on other cases to protect various prehistoric archaeological sites in the locality.
In this sense, the Councillor for Tourism and Environment, Ginés David Piñero, he concluded by explaining that "in recent months are nearly two dozen fields declared of Cultural Interest in the town."
Among the newly protected sites include White Rock, Ray Cave, or the water tank Poveda belonging to Roman times.
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Location
The archaeological site of Tercia Picacho is located on the eastern edge of the Sierra de la Estancia, on the upper slopes and summit of a hill protected by strong natural defenses consisting of steep slopes.
The location of the village is justified by the immediacy of water resources, control of a communication channel that flowed through the channel of the Rambla de Vilerda and mastery of an area suitable for the use of resources
agricultural.
The Picacho deposit Tercia corresponds to a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze Age (Argaric) dated in the first half of the second millennium BC.
The site was studied by JA Gómez and J. Martínez
Gómez Martínez in the context of a comprehensive study of the prehistory of Puerto Lumbreras, who found several wall paintings and archaeological materials attached to the Bronze Argárica.
Two sectors are distinguished in the field, the first, located at the top and north slope of the hill, it would be the inhabited part of the hill where different stretches of wall protected the northern facade of the site.
Inside the walled city have found several badly preserved rectilinear walls and covered by dense vegetation cover, which belong to habitat structures.
The archaeological record found in the reservoir is defined by abundant ceramic fragments Argaric, rude bill, most walls of storage containers.
The delimitation of the site includes the area where wall structures have been documented, proper sections of wall as housing (Zone 1), as well as the dispersion surface of archaeological materials (Zone 2) area remains open to accommodate underground .
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras
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