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The houses have documented a level of "medium-low construction quality" and the significance of remains is "the possibility of having an overview of an area wide"

The project is seen and evaluated from the protocol guidelines and best practice performance 'APPEAR' European Commission

The Director of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage, Enrique Ujaldón, today shared technical report issued by archaeologists Heritage Service, which concludes that it will retain some of the remains found at the site of St. Stephen for understanding Muslim urban space by the visitors "by removal and subsequent relocation in the future garden area of San Esteban."

The report, explaining that "the site affected by the project for the future of San Esteban parking has been and is undergoing a process of archaeological study methodologically flawless from their previous assessment integral to the ongoing archaeological excavations, finds that "the remains of a larger historical, archaeological and documented urban correspond to the phase of Islamic habitat (XII and XIII)."

Therefore, "at least part of the archaeological remains documented in the Garden of San Esteban, because of their uniqueness, overall value, historical and symbolic, readability, and museological potential positive impact on the future of conservation interest to to give testimony and show a typical urban area of Murcia Islamic twelfth and thirteenth centuries. "

In this sense, the document continues, "it seems clear that the sector is defined as more appropriate closer to the Palacio de San Esteban, since the most remote areas have a very low maintenance, if not a complete loss of areas due to removal old. "

Lack of unique architectural elements

Thus, "despite the absence of unique architectural features, are relevant to plant all the homes surrounding the palace of San Esteban current, which leads to evaluate them as palatial character.

These homes are large-scale and in some cases present a good conservation of the phase of the XIII century and a remarkable reading of the previous phases. "

Along with housing, the document highlights "the existence of a religious sector, located in the northwest corner of the area under excavation, with an area of the necropolis, so far with modest graves, and a possible small area of worship, interpretable, for now, as an oratory or small mosque.

These remains are of great historical interest, although the excavation process is in its initial stages and we have no archaeological evidence for final assessment. "

Individual houses so far are 47, you have to add six rooms related to the old palace which will be located in San Esteban.

In this regard, the report notes that "it is too early to definitively define the area museumization", while "the excavation is done", and indicates that it is in a period of approximately three months.

Level of quality medium-low

"Analyzed individually and from a purely architectural point of view," say the archaeologists, "documented dwellings have a level of construction quality medium-low in what is common in solar excavated the town of Murcia.

Just as there are in San Esteban in the entire city of Murcia and is being studied systematically.

What gives greater strength to the remains found in this garden is the possibility of having an overview of a large space.

The modesty of the houses now documented not surprising given that we are in a slum area. "

The document states that "in parallel, and by virtue of the nature and characteristics of the remains, can now be studied and completed some initial aspects of the forms and systems of conservation bodies to assume, since that decision was imperative to adopt in order to plan for continuity of research and appropriate methodology to address the underlying documentation to levels currently held. "

Conservation options

Studied all the possible options for conservation ('in situ' deck 'in situ' in the open air by extraction and transportation of the remains to the perfect spot to choose, or 'in situ' by raising the height of the remains to the present Garden area of San Esteban), the report concludes that "the most suitable option to preserve the remains of the urban area of the suburb of North Arrixaca appeared in the Garden of St. Stephen is the preservation 'in situ' by raising the elevation of the remains to the present area of the garden. "

The study noted that "technically the process is perfectly viable, as it is not in any case of a false history, but a job with original features and structures, and substantially improve the conditions for preservation and future maintenance, facilitating understanding and social function of urban environment, if the items are kept outdoors, whether they are in an area controlled visit in connection with a performance area prior to travel. "

"However, the solution museum might choose the partial covering of the remains, in principle, not necessary with good maintenance and pre-consolidation process, at the same time eliminate the visual impact on the Palace and Church of San Esteban , when integrated as garden space. "

Moisture problems

Other options for conservation problems arose mainly from moisture "on the remains of this nature, especially the core that is very serious in the case of Murcia, and the need to build the bulkhead to ensure, among other things, the lateral Palacio de San Esteban. "

In this regard, the document highlights "the virulence of this type of problem spaces in Murcia buried, so we have a long experience.

If the phenomenon is difficult to control in small spaces or large-sized structures such as the wall itself Islamic, it is emphasized heavily in a very large area to maintain and extremely brittle material structures. "

Furthermore, the construction of the bulkhead would also require "the clearing, although it may be relocated later, an important sector of the structures and in particular those with greater interest.

Given the band needed to work would be talking about 70 percent of the remains that we can evaluate how maintainable and not be exaggerated an estimate of 30-40 percent of the total to conserve. "

The construction of this wall display should be "in the immediate perimeter of the Palace and Church of San Esteban," to ensure the preservation of this building, said BIC.

This environment is exactly where the remains of greatest interest.

The document also explains that the project of St. Stephen "is seen and evaluated" from the protocol guidelines and best practice performance 'APPEAR', developed by archaeologists, museum curators, conservators, restorers, architects, urban planners, sociologists and social psychologists European Commission.

Source: CARM