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On Thursday, November 6, work began excavation in the necropolis of the village, at the archaeological site of Coimbra del Barranco Ancho, located in the town of Jumilla.
These works have focused on the northeastern sector of the necropolis, looking for the limit of the same in that sector.
The works are a continuation of those initiated last year in the Research Project on the Iberian World in the Shire "Iberians Murcia, and developed thanks to the agreement signed between the research team of Coimbra del Barranco Ancho and Adendia Foundation, with the collaboration of the Department of Culture of the City of Jumilla.
The area being excavated are dated during the fourth century BC, as derived from the Greek pottery displayed in the furniture of the tombs.
Among the interesting material found in the regalia of the graves dug in this campaign, highlighting a number of earrings, two of them in clusters of grapes, which brings the Jumillano winemaking tradition dating back to 2,300 years, corroborating the finding Seed of vitis vinifera in the town of Coimbra del Barranco Ancho.
The archaeological site of Coimbra del Barranco Width is one of the most important and interesting complex of Iberian culture, by having a large town (one of the largest in Southeast Spanish) three cemeteries, a shrine dedicated to Tanit and a village Bronze Final with a necropolis.
Work on the set began in 1977 and has emerged as a paradigmatic site for the study of Iberian culture, it has made parts such as the Pilar-Wake of the Horsemen of Coimbra del Barranco Ancho, comparable to interest Lady Elche and must in the study of Iberian sculpture.
Furthermore, the importance of the site will increase with the results of ongoing investigations, such as details of the Attic pottery that will allow the study of materials, so that the results of the research project will be relevant not only at national, but international.
Coimbra del Barranco width is, at present, the only research project of the Iberian Culture in the Region of Murcia, nevertheless remain uncertain continuity after 32 years of research.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla
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