| During the months of July and August, cleaning, consolidation and restoration tasks have been carried out at this archaeological site | The participants in the VII Labor Camp of the archaeological site of "Las Cabezuelas", organized by the Kalathos Association and with the collaboration of the Youth Council of the Totana City Council, have finished a few days ago the maintenance and restoration works that They started last July.These tasks had to be postponed due to the exceptional situation in which the city of Totana was immersed with the decree that forced the municipality to return to Phase 1 of the de-escalation made more flexible to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
The work has been carried out with volunteers from various municipalities in the Region, in this case, from Alhama de Murcia, Jumilla, Lorca, Murcia and Totana.Once the health emergency situation has been remitted, a series of actions aimed at enhancing the value of an important site have been completed to learn about the origins of Totana and the historical evolution of the municipality, which must culminate with the acquisition of the lands by the Totanero Consistory for the adaptation of the environment and enjoyment of the local archaeological heritage.The actions carried out have been carried out with the cleaning of the areas already excavated and the restoration of various archaeological structures.
Specifically, a pillar from the Roman era has been repaired by sewing the fragments of one of the prisms that make it up. A gypsum slab floor from the same period has also been consolidated, associated with the previous pillar, and later it has been covered with geotextile and gravel to ensure better conservation, given the flimsy nature of said soil.
Various wall structures, both Roman and Andalusian, have also been consolidated, prioritizing those that present a worse state of conservation.The works have been coordinated by the archaeologists José Antonio González Guerao and Juan Antonio Ramírez Águila, and directed by the restorer Fini Monteagudo Merlos.
