News list
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Excepcional tomb discovered on top of the hill of La Bastida
28/02/2011
Merely two weeks ago, La Bastida's archaeologists finished the diggings of a peculiar and beautifully preserved grave that was located on top of the settlement, where the argaric aristocracy used to live.
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A delegation of political and scientific institutions from Germany visit the research center of La Bastida
03/01/2011
On November 15th, 2010, the research center of La Bastida hosted a delegation of executives from two regions of Germany, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.
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The research team from La Bastida has taken a further step in the restoration.
03/01/2011
La Bastida team restored the original floors of some areas of the site to adapt them for visitors, after completing the tasks needed to drain rainwater off these spaces.
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Construction of the new building
25/10/2010
The works to extend the research centre and the museum are already in progress.
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Discovered a unique hydraulic word in La Bastida
25/10/2010
In the first excavations performed in La Bastida in 1869, Rogelio Ichaurrandieta already noticed the existence of a big enclosure marked off by a “dike”. No one ever paid attention to this new as there is nothing similar in any other argaric settlement. However, the recent research seems to confirm the observations made by this well-known civil engineer.
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The municipal authorities visited the fieldwork in process of the argaric site of “LA TIRA DEL LIENZO”
28/07/2010
The students have worked on the diggings and research of the Fortress of the argaric archaeological site.
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Opening of La Bastida "Living Museum"
15/11/2009
La Bastida opens its doors to the public on Thursdays to disseminate the archaeological heritage through the initiative “The Living Museum”. From now on, groups of visitors will be able to enjoy a tour around the archaeological site and its laboratories storing the findings recovered for the time being.
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Regional and local authorities visit La Bastida
05/11/2009
The director of the General Directorate of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage of Murcia, Enrique Ujaldón, and the mayor of Totana, José Martínez Andreo, visit La Bastida and the research center facilities.
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Press conference of the project presentation
08/10/2009
Last October, La Bastida Project was presented officially in Murcia city. This involves the fieldwork and construction of a center for the research and dissemination of heritage.
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Found the only argaric grave with two men, known up to the present time in La Bastida
05/05/2009
During the summer excavation campaign of 2009, it was discovered a double burial with two men, which is an unknown circumstance in the argaric world hitherto. This fact opens new questions about kinship in the argaric society.
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