La Almoloya excavation campaign underway
The archaeological dig campaign at La Almoloya began recently with the UAB Prehistory researchers who in 2013 revealed the archaeological wealth of this Bronze Age site located in Murcia. The campaign will last three months and some 15 UAB students will be taking part.
The campaign will be directed by members of the research group ASOME of the Department of Prehistory: Vicente Lull, Cristina Rihuete, Rafael Micó and Roberto Risch, with the participation of a group of some fifteen undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students carrying out their work placements.
The research tasks conducted until now have permitted scientists to discover the unique archaeological wealth found at La Almoloya. The site, located at the Murcian locality of Pliego, was the cradle of the El Argar society, which inhabited the southeastern part of the Iberian peninsula during the Bronze Age. In 2013, researchers announced the discovery of a rich historic and archaeological heritage at the site, and highlighted the existence of a palatial compound and a royal tomb with objects of great value such as a silver diadem, considered to be the only one from that period currently conserved in Spain.