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Learn first hand one of the most important sites of the Region of Murcia and spark students' interest in archeology and history are some of the objectives pursued extracurricular activity for the second consecutive year that holds the Institute of Education (ESO) Begastri Alquipir Cehegín in collaboration with the Department of Education and Culture and the Archaeological Museum.
"This is an unofficial campaign of excavation in which children act like real archaeologists Alquipir, working on the ground with the necessary tools and techniques for extracting knowledge of materials," said the director of the Archaeological Museum and co-director of the excavation campaign, Penalver Francisco Aroca, who added that the campaign ended last year with good results, as several coins were found numerous fragments of pottery.
This year, a total of 20 students divided into two groups performed a total of ten days of excavation, led by Aroca and other archaeologists are provided to assist and monitor small.
"We will work on a house built in a residual of Begastri at a time that the wall did not exist. To lift used three pieces of wall.'s A beautiful location next to the access door," he detailed Aroca.
It is an area where it is likely that, like last year, may be some remains of pottery and other finds, "which will stimulate small," added the archaeologist.
The Councillor for Education and Culture, which has been present on the first day of excavation, expressed his satisfaction that the municipality secondary schools begin to teach them history and archeological Cehegín students.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín
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