The site corresponds to a prehistoric village dating to the Bronze Age at the time Argaric.
Already more than a dozen archaeological sites classified as Assets of Cultural Interest in the town in recent months.
The archaeological site in Puerto Lumbreras Vilerda has been declared of Cultural Interest by the General Directorate of Fine Arts and Cultural Assets of the Region of Murcia.
Specifically, the field is that remains of a prehistoric settlement of the Bronze Age (period Argaric), dated in the first half of the second millennium BC.
"The purpose of cataloging the Vilerda Site of Puerto Lumbreras is to protect and preserve the archaeological heritage of the town, and that such sites help convey the story of the first settlements in the area," Councillor for Tourism and Environment, Ginés David Piñero.
Thus, the archaeological site is located 350 meters from the Rambla de Vilerda.
When installed in the same valley, meets the standards of a town whose livelihood base would be based on agricultural resources.
Thus, the first news of the site have been provided by the engineer and archaeologist Emeterio Square in 1948, and the resolution declaring a Cultural indicates that "there is a settlement located at the time Argaric southeast slope of a hill with steep slopes, especially in the eastern sector of the archaeological area and meriodional. "
Despite the erosion that shows the site of former farm periods, there is a small portion next to an old limestone quarry where you can see scattered stones that may come in house walls or baseboards, where sherds were clear affiliation Argaric .
After the documentation of this site, the general direction of Cultural Heritage in collaboration with the Municipality of Puerto Lumbreras continues working on other cases to protect various prehistoric archaeological sites in the locality.
In this sense, the Councillor for Tourism and Environment, Ginés David Piñero, stressed that "in recent months are more than ten fields declared of Cultural Interest in the town."
Among the newly protected sites include White Rock, Ray Cave, or Povedam water tank belonging to Roman times.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras