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 DURING THE
SUMMER OF 2011 THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM FROM ALICANTE UNIVERSITY
WILL RETURN TO DO SOME MORE EXCAVATIONS AT THIS ANCIENT
SITE.
El Oral is the
name of the early iberian settlement that is
located high up in the area that we all know as the
quarry. This photo shows a bulldozer belonging to the
Starmis quarry destroying a part of the ancient
town.
This site has been excavated in the
past. Councillor Lewis is pushing for this 2500 year
old iberian settlement to be professionally excavated by
experts and preserved as an open air museum for future
generations.
Aerial photo of the site
BRONZE AGE
The Iberians lived in the region
from the 6th Century BC right up until the time of the Romans and
they were a mix of the indigenous population and Greek and
Phoenician explorers and immigrants. They built their cities on
hilltops, had kings and Queens and had their own system of
money.
The Iberian race inhabited the coast from Barcelona
right down to Portugal and if you like a drop of wine or cooking
with olive oil, you owe it all to them.
The remains of a tower located at the north west
corner of the site. | 
