They uncover a brand new underwater archaeological web site in Villajoyosa | Science | EUROtoday

A brand new underwater archaeological web site consisting of “remains of a shipment of construction bricks and some complete ceramic vessels, which can be dated to the 19th century,” has been found in Villajoyosa (Alicante), as reported by the town council in a press release this Wednesday.

The discovery, carried out by Vilamuseu and the University of Alicante (UA), occurred throughout a routine dive to fine-tune some analysis gear by municipal underwater archaeologists and the educational establishment.

This discovery has been dropped at the eye of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage of the Valencian Community. Pending in depth prospecting, it nonetheless can’t be sure whether or not the location corresponds to the stays of a ship with its whole cargo or to a part of it falling to the underside throughout loading or unloading to a assist vessel, as defined by Vilamuseu. Until the nineteenth century, there have been no docks within the overwhelming majority of ports, similar to Villajoyosa. A superb seaside, a supply of consuming water, a superb seabed of posidonia or sand and a coastal city might already be a superb port. The boats anchored a number of hundred meters from the seaside and assist boats transported individuals and items to them. This is how the port of Villajoyosa functioned because the seventh century BC. C. till 1940. With 27 centuries of uninterrupted historical past, it is among the longest-standing ports within the Valencian Community, the primary and final port on the Iberian Peninsula on the primary maritime route between East and West.

Its examine might present information of nice curiosity concerning the cabotage commerce at a vital second within the historical past of Vila and Spain. According to the council’s press launch, “the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage (2001), signed by Spain, establishes that submerged cultural remains 100 years old are part of that heritage.”