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The gold pendant and other Phoenician remains found in the vicinity of the beach of the island, last September by students of the course of underwater archeology at the University of Murcia are exposed permanently in the Roman Factoría Museum of Salazones.
Pedro Martinez, Councilor for Historical Heritage, visited the facilities Thursday with Juan Pinedo, co-director of the course that has been held in Mazarrón since 2015. The mayor has encouraged to know the facilities given the importance of the heritage that is shown in them.
The latest findings made in the Island of Adentro make scholars think that Mazarrón was not only a place of passage for merchants who came attracted by mineral wealth, but also could have had a Phoenician settlement with the presence of a port complex and elites in their population structure.
The experts speak of a qualitative leap because the usual pieces such as amphoras, plates and vessels, which speak of maritime trade, now add others such as the pendant dating from the sixth century BC similar to another pendant found to another found in the Phoenician necropolis of Trayamar in Vélez-Málaga.
During last September, 14 students from the United States, France, Germany, Brazil and from different parts of the national geography gathered in Mazarrón to attend a course that affects the nomenclature "Mazarron Fenicio" as a world reference for the scholars of this civilization, following the findings of the Phoenician ships in the vicinity of the beach of the Island.
The courses of underwater archeology that are being carried out in Mazarrón are possible thanks to the collaboration of the Department of Historical Heritage of the City of Mazarrón, the Center for Near East Studies and Late Antiquity of the University of Murcia (CEPOAT), of the Federation of Underwater Activities of the Region of Murcia, Cajamurica Foundation, the Calypso Diving Club, the Hispania diving center, ArqueoMar, Nido Robotics, Casco Antiguo and the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, as well as the IMAS and regatta clubs of Mazarrón and the Puerto Deportivo.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón
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