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The conservationist association proposes cultural protection for this site, and that urgently beacon measures be taken and effective protection against looting and damage.HUERMUR reproaches the administrations for disregarding the complaints made in 2017, where neighbors, entities and associations asked to protect the Zeneta mountain where this necropolis has appeared with complete bodiesThe entity will appear in all the administrative files related to the archaeological excavation and the extraction of aggregates from the quarry that has emptied a large part of the forest, demanding that no further clearing be carried out, the soils be recovered, and prospecting be carried out to find more areas.

of archaeological interestHUERMUR highlights that the high heritage value of the surroundings of the Tabala castle and of the entire South Coast is verified, reinforcing the heritage witnesses of an early settlement and exploitation of the Huerta de MurciaMurcia, May 19, 2020The Association for the Conservation of the Orchard and the Heritage of Murcia (HUERMUR) requests the General Directorate of Cultural Assets of the CARM for protection as Well Listed for its Cultural Relevance of the Zeneta necropolis, which appeared last February in this Murcian hamlet, and whose first excavated remains could date back to late Roman times.Last week, this entity released a series of photographs of some skeletal remains that looked like complete bodies, which appeared several months ago in the vicinity of the Zeneta district, and which were forwarded to this association by residents of the area.

After the publication, this entity has been in contact with specialists, scholars, neighbors and other entities, also compiling information on the site, as well as gathering information from public administrations.With the information collected, as well as after witnessing yesterday the existing reports in the City Council and the Autonomous Community, disseminated by the station and the website of Radio Murcia, this association will require the Ministry of Culture and its department of Cultural Assets, to take all necessary measures for the effective protection of this site."HUERMUR requires the General Directorate of Cultural Property to initiate a protection file under the Cultural Heritage Law of the Region of Murcia, including the Zeneta necropolis and the area around it as Well Listed for its Cultural Relevance" .

Likewise, "the association urges the autonomous administration to take effective measures to protect, mark and close the area, to avoid looting, damage and unauthorized visits," as well as searches for new remains without authorization or through non-professional methods.For this entity "simple tapes of 'forbidden passage', which take several months and no longer fulfill their function, are not adequate for a site of this type, since it is necessary to prevent anyone from accessing the necropolis and damage the remains found or those that may appear in their environment.

"The association wants to remember that "in 2017 many residents of Zeneta and Tabala, as well as entities and associations, already denounced the emptying of the mountains in this area and their use as a quarry, in an environment of high heritage value and with various deposits and cultural assets, and now it has been proven that our complaints were consistent and that the response of the local and regional administrations was not up to what they should do.

"For HUERMUR "if the Murcia City Council and the Ministry of Culture had listened to the residents and the associations, it is possible that this site would have been found much earlier, in addition to the possibility of studying all the mountains of Zeneta that have been lost.

disappeared under the shovels and bulldozers of the quarry that has been exploited for years.

"The entity is going to appear in all the archaeological, administrative and related files to the deposit and the extraction of aggregates, demanding that the councils involved do not carry out new clearings in the area, that the topography of these mountains be recovered, the repopulation of the soils and an extensive archaeological survey to search for new parts of the Torre Bellando site, as well as in the area around the late Roman necropolis found in this area of ??Zeneta, close to the Tabala heritage site, within the coastal heritage site South. 

Source: HUERMUR