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Crews turn to 'consolidation' phase of work at Es Cap de Barbaria II

Foto pollegueraPatrimony councillor Susana Labrador gave a joint press conference today with several of the team members on the Es Cap de Barbaria II dig site. Margalida Munar, Antoni Puig and Pau Sureda joined the CiF councillor in taking stock of archaeological efforts since March 20.

Now in its fourth year, the €14,000 initiative, backed by the Council's Office of Culture and Patrimony and staffed by a cohort of experts, is aimed at filling in blanks regarding Formentera's past.

According to Sureda, the project's ten plus specialists are tasked with “consolidating and restoring” the remains. Though he said excavating work had been completed, “the task of consolidating still remains”. Sureda described that part as “instrumental to ensuring the team's work lasts in the long run” and said it would also help analyse the information the team retrieves.

During its work so far, the group has unearthed a door hinge, one of the first of its kind in the Balearics that dates to the Bronze Age. The pre-historic site was populated by a group of individuals some 3,200 years ago.

Conference
At 8.00pm today the team of researchers will host an explanation of the Es Cap de Barbaria II restoration effort in the conference hall of the Office of Culture.