The excavation’s co-directors, Juan de Dios Hernández and Alejandro Quevedo, will hold a conference in Madrid on January 31, 2023.
The Fraile Island site takes an important step in the public projection: the National Archaeological Museum (MAN) has scheduled a conference for January 31, 2023 in which the co-directors of the excavations, Juan de Dios Hernández (Archaeological Museum de Águilas) and Alejandro Quevedo ( University Complutense), will present their historical research project on the Aquiline coast, which has already concluded its third campaign. It’s at 6pm and entry is free.
The site located on the Aquiline coast, a vein that over the centuries collects the remains of different civilizations in the Bay of Hornillo, in a place of spectacular beauty and great natural values (the only terrestrial and underwater asset of cultural interest of the region) , has sparked the interest of the MAN, who has included it in the cycle “Current Archaeological Research in Spain”, which discusses the most relevant news in this area.
“Isla del Fraile is a site in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula associated with fishing and salting with several historical phases, including the last centuries of the Roman Empire, the Islamic world and the early 20th century. The insularity of the settlement and its ecological value have facilitated the preservation of the remains, but this is also a challenge for research,” emphasizes the National Archaeological Museum in its activity magazine.
“Since 2020, thanks to the support of the Águilas City Council, a project of the Complutense University of Madrid and the Archaeological Museum of guilas aims to reveal its past,” continues the MAN.
The main find of the third excavation campaign, which was completed just a few days ago, is a large Roman basin for the production of salted fish with a capacity of 14,000 liters.
Source: La Verdad
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