One of the main pillars of the research being carried out at the archaeological site of Cortijo de Acebedo is divulgation. For this reason, the Mijas Town Hall has set up an archaeological day which will focus on one of the finds located in the area: the Phoenician necropolis. It will be held on Saturday 25th of March, in the morning and afternoon, in the Plenary Hall of the Town Hall with free entrance until full capacity is reached and will be attended by speakers who are members of the research project at the site; archaeological remains that the Historical Heritage Department wants to make known. "Cortijo de Acebedo must be showcased and valued, I believe that we have to give it the place it deserves because it is unique along the coast and one of the most important active archaeological sites in the province of Malaga. That is why the Town Hall will continue to invest both in human and economic resources to enhance its value", said the councillor responsible for the area, Laura Moreno (PSOE).

 

The Archaeology Conference 'The Phoenician necropolis of Cortijo de Acebedo' will focus on these remains, located last year in the first phase of excavation of the general research project. "The results, although preliminary, have been very important and we want to make them known because the Phoenician necropolis where we have found it is not found in the rest of the Costa del Sol, at least in the western area", said the head of the Department for Historical Heritage of the Town Hall, Juan José de la Rubia, who will be in charge of opening the conference.

The rest of the speakers, from the universities of Malaga, Seville, Valencia and the Complutense in Madrid, will delve into the Phoenician world during the morning and, in the afternoon, will focus on the necropolis and the results of the research into botany, fauna and the human remains recovered, added De la Rubia. In addition, there will be a small exhibition of localised objects and the screening of a documentary produced by Mijas Comunicación. "I would also like to thank our colleagues for the work they have done to ensure that we have a living document that will remain for the history of the Cortijo de Acebedo site", said Moreno.

Programme
The morning session will focus on 'The Phoenician world in Malaga and Cortijo de Acebedo'. It will begin at 10 am with the presentation and subsequent speech by Juan José de la Rubia entitled 'The archaeological site of Cortijo de Acebedo and its PGI (General Research Project)'. This will be followed by the screening of the documentary 'Acebedo, más que una villa romana' (Acebedo, more than a Roman villa). At 11 a.m., Bartolomé Mora, from the University of Málaga (UMA), will talk about 'Research on Phoenician-Punic funerary archaeology on the coast of Málaga'. After him, at 11:45 a.m., José Suárez, also from the UMA, will speak on 'Cerro del Villar: The Phoenician city at the mouth of the Guadalhorce. Latest research'. The morning session will be closed by Eduardo Ferrer, from the University of Seville, with 'Tartessians and Mastienes: Greek criteria of ethnic classification versus interaction between Phoenicians and natives', at 12:30.

The Phoenician necropolis and its research' will be the theme of the afternoon. After lunch, the day will begin at 4 p.m. with the archaeologist Desirée Piñero, co-director of the research project, who will talk about 'The Phoenician Cremation necropolis of Cortijo de Acebedo'. At 16:45, Guillem Pérez, from the University of Valencia, will speak on 'Banquets, offerings and rituals: the botanical remains'. After him, at 17:30, María del Carmen Lozano, from the UMA, will speak on the fauna of the necropolis. Finally, the day will close at 18:15 with a talk by Victoria Peña, from the Centre for Phoenician and Punic Studies (CEFyP) of the Complutense University of Madrid, on 'What the recovered human remains tell us'.
 

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