{"id":9938,"date":"2024-02-20T11:02:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T09:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maresmecircular.cat\/?p=9938"},"modified":"2024-02-20T11:02:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T09:02:05","slug":"work-begins-on-clearing-documenting-and-consolidating-the-archaeological-remains-at-ca-la-madrona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maresmecircular.cat\/en\/consortium\/work-begins-on-clearing-documenting-and-consolidating-the-archaeological-remains-at-ca-la-madrona\/","title":{"rendered":"Work begins on clearing, documenting and consolidating the archaeological remains at Ca la Madrona"},"content":{"rendered":"
This week the company Baula Recerca Arqueol\u00f2gica SL<\/strong> has begun the clearing,<\/strong> documentation and consolidation<\/strong> of the archaeological remains of the site of Ca la Madrona<\/strong>. These works are preparatory to the dismantling and storage of the findings for their future transfer to the Bon Rec\u00e9s area with the aim of relocating them in an interpretation centre that will allow them to be disseminated.<\/p>\n The intervention has the authorisation of the Department of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya, which is processing the permit for the transfer of the finds to this nearby green area, where they will be adapted for public visits. This will allow work to progress on the first phase of the Matar\u00f3-Maresme Circular Park<\/strong>, a unique public infrastructure project in Europe of high environmental, economic and social value that aims to change the current model of production <\/strong>and consumption towards the circular economy model.<\/p>\n At the end of 2020, and during the removal of the industrial pre-constructions and initial archaeological prospecting of the area where the first phase of the Circular Park will be located, archaeological remains were found which, with the data we have so far, can be framed in three different periods:<\/p>\n – 14th century<\/strong>: a good number of ditches <\/strong>have been documented for planting vines<\/strong> arranged in rows and which are limited by a wall that acts as a bench.<\/p>\n – Built in the first half of the 5th century and amortised between the end of the same century and the beginning of the 6th century<\/strong> (late Roman period), a street has been found delimited 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 – 1st to 4th century<\/strong> -Roman period- From this period, a building has been documented that was built around 70 AD, extensively renovated at the end of the 3rd century or beginning of the 4th century, which 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<\/strong>, i.e. two cellars for making wine, were also found from this period.<\/p>\n The state of preservation of the remains is quite poor, as the site 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 uses<\/strong> 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 will be planned for the city<\/strong>, which will house the interpretation centre and welcome visitors.<\/p>\n This area forms part of the green belt 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>\nThe findings documented so far<\/strong><\/h3>\n