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The replica of the new argárica house will promote from the next autumn the deposit of the Bastida and will allow that the visitors of the town better understand the way of life of the Bronze Age (24/08/2017)

The replica of the new argaric house will boost the archaeological site of La Bastida de Totana and will allow the visitors of the village to better understand the Bronze Age lifestyle, every time it can be visited from next autumn and when the execution ends Final of the project, according to sources from the councils of archaeological sites and tourism.

The City Council of Totana and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) signed a collaboration agreement several months ago to construct the replica of a house in the La Bastida site that allows to spread the forms of life of the argaric culture and to procure to the educative community Which makes the visits to the park a greater understanding of this prehistoric society of the Bronze Age.

The Consistory totanero has been collaborating for some time with the Department of Prehistory of the UAB in the development of research in the field of culture of El Argar, so that this action will help the general public to experience what life was like in this era.

This educational and museum performance was carried out under the scientific and professional coverage of the 'Bastida Project', led by a research team from the Department of Prehistory of the UAB, promoted by professors Vicente Lull, Rafael Micó, Cristina Rihuete and Roberto Risch.

The initiative will allow, as soon as the visits are authorized, a resource for museological, didactic and educational purposes, located at the foot of the northern slope of the hill of La Bastida, on land that is sterile from the archaeological and municipal property point of view.

The City of Totana undertook under this agreement to collaborate with 31,000 euros.

In 2014, the General Directorate of Cultural Assets awarded the City Council of Totana a direct grant to carry out the so-called "Exhibition and execution project in one of the properties annexed to the La Bastida site", for 32,000 euros, according to the same sources.

After a bidding process which was abandoned, the object of the subsidy was requested in the summer of 2016 to carry out the project "Replica of a Bronze Age dwelling at the La Bastida site".

The project is developed with the primary objective of gaining a greater understanding and perception of the argaric culture existing in Bastida that will help both the educational community and the general public that they will be able to experience in a more visual way as was life in this time.

The replica of the housing occupies an area of ​​about 40 square meters at the foot of the northern slope of the hill of La Bastida.

It is an area lacking archaeological remains in its subsoil, located halfway between the facilities that host the scientific-technical laboratories of the project and the archaeological site itself.

The construction combines an appearance of the houses of the Bronze Age, with the current requirements of security, stability and maintenance that requires equipment open to the public.

The objects that make up the interior of the house are replicas in turn of the original pieces found in the archaeological excavations carried out in La Bastida.

Most of these objects, ceramic vessels have been modeled by local artisans who imitate vessels characteristic of prehistoric pottery.

Once cooked, the containers, in their correct form and quantity, will occupy the places where they are usually discovered in the excavations.

In addition to ceramic tiles, objects made of stone (hand mills to produce flour, molds, hammers, hammers), bones (punches) and vegetable fibers (baskets and esparto mats) will be included.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana

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