14 March 2012
In this blog, I've made no secret of my passion for archaeology. So you'll have to forgive me for the following post. I've been meaning to write about this topic for about a week.... because some interesting local archaeological news has popped up in the papers... though I'm sure that the water company for Alicante wishes that it hadn't.
The water company in Alicante is currently working on updating some of the water lines in Alicante. One area of construction is right on the Rambla--one of the main streets in Alicante. Needless to say, the company--as well as the general public--had hoped that the updates wouldn't take long to complete. However, in the process of digging, workers came across archaeological remains.
Of course, the company notified the MARQ (the archaeological museum in Alicante). Construction has resumed, but under the watchful eye of an archaeologist. Since work has began again, the construction crew has had to stop using machines in order to dig and instead they are now digging by hand.
This situation provides an interesting contrast to the United States. While there are occasions in the US when construction work has been stopped because of the discovery of archaeological remains, I don't think it's nearly as common as it is here in Europe. In comparison, the present day United States is much bigger and hasn't had settlements as dense as in Europe. Historically-speaking, the Native American people who did live in the present day US were typically nomadic and so there isn't as much archaeological evidence that survives.
I'll be curious to discover more about what the archaeologists have found and what they end up finding!
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