{"id":10071,"date":"2024-03-12T14:22:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T12:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maresmecircular.cat\/?p=10071"},"modified":"2024-03-12T14:22:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T12:22:09","slug":"work-begins-on-the-removal-of-the-archaeological-remains-at-ca-la-madrona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maresmecircular.cat\/en\/consortium\/work-begins-on-the-removal-of-the-archaeological-remains-at-ca-la-madrona\/","title":{"rendered":"Work begins on the removal of the archaeological remains at Ca la Madrona"},"content":{"rendered":"
Moreover, this week, the company Can Mansana SL has begun specialised archaeological work on the industrial phase of the plot. These archaeological works will serve to inventory and record the findings that may result from the manual excavation of the site.<\/p>\n
The remains found in the course of the various archaeological interventions can be divided into three different periods.<\/p>\n
From the Roman period (1st-4th centuries), a building built around 70 AD and extensively renovated at the end of the 3rd century or beginning of the 4th century has been documented, and is configured as a building with five different areas that would correspond to rooms in the rustic part of a villa<\/strong> or an isolated establishment for agricultural or industrial purposes, which lasted until the first half of the 5th century. Two turcularium<\/em><\/strong>, i.e. two cellars for making wine, have also been found from this period.<\/p>\n From the Late Roman period (built in the first half of the 5th century and used between the end of the same century and the beginning of the 6th century<\/strong>), a street has been found, defined by a large building<\/strong> that preserves an entrance door and a parallel wall. A necropolis<\/strong> has been documented on both sides of the street, from which 88 tombs have been excavated. Studies indicate that the building was an open-air construction without a roof. In Catalonia, very similar buildings have been found in the Monastery of Santa Caterina and in the Monastery of Sant Cugat with a surrounding necropolis; therefore, current hypotheses lead us to believe that this building is a funerary hall.<\/p>\n Finally, from the 14th century, a good number of ditches<\/strong> have been documented for planting vines<\/strong> arranged in rows, walled-off with a bench-like structure.<\/p>\n The state of conservation of the remains is quite poor, as it is a site that has been badly damaged<\/strong> by the industrial past of the plot. Thus, given that the interest of the remains is not in the relevance of the preserved structures, but in the knowledge they provide, and in order to make their conservation compatible with the construction of the Matar\u00f3-Maresme Circular Park, the findings will be transferred for their future dissemination in an interpretation centre<\/strong>.<\/p>\n In order for the future museum remains to explain the diachrony of the site and the different agricultural, religious and funerary<\/strong> uses it had, the following structures will be relocated: the presumed funerary hall, part of the late-antique tombs and the remains of the building that would correspond to the rooms of the rustic part of a Roman villa.<\/p>\n Matar\u00f3 City Council’s proposal is to locate this facility in the Bon Rec\u00e9s area, that is, 250 metres<\/strong> from the original site of the finds. A new urban park<\/strong> will be planned for the city, which will house the interpretation centre and welcome visitors.<\/p>\n This area forms part of the green ring and is a natural viewpoint of the Cinc S\u00e9nies.<\/p>\n With this proposal, Matar\u00f3 maintains the circular economy park project, while gaining a new centre to house the findings and adding value to a green area with a new cultural reference for the city.<\/p>\n Current heritage legislation contemplates the transfer of archaeological remains as a suitable option when there is no alternative. Thus, given the chronology of the remains, their state of conservation and the incompatibility with the Circular Park project, the proposal to move the finds to the Bon Rec\u00e9s green area is the most appropriate.<\/p>\n In Catalonia, Spain and other countries, there are successful examples in which relocation has made it possible to safeguard remains<\/strong> and, in some cases, the site has even become a point of reference in the teaching and dissemination of archaeology.<\/p>\n The Paleochristian Basilica of Francol\u00ed (Tarragona) moved in 1997 to the area of the Parque Central Shopping Centre car park, the dolmen of Sols de Riu (Baronia de Rialb) moved in 2000 so that it would not be submerged in the Rialb reservoir, the Punic tombs of the Bah\u00eda Blanca neighbourhood (C\u00e1diz) moved to the Chiclana cemetery, the monumental tomb of the 6th century BC warrior discovered in 2012 in Calle Refino in Malaga and transferred in 2016 to the Archaeological Museum of Malaga or the remains of the Roman villa of Cambre (Galicia) transferred in 2001 to a new visitor centre, are some examples.<\/p>\nRelocation of remains: an exceptional way of safeguarding heritage<\/strong><\/h3>\n