La Fonteta is an antiquated Phoenician port city situated in the town of Guardamar del Segura (Alicante, España). 

 

La Fonteta is an antiquated Phoenician port on the correct bank of the mouth of the río Segura from VI to VII a. C., whose measurements appear to design a urban domain that could well achieve eight hectares turning into a noteworthy Phoenician city on the Mediterranean. 

 

 

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In the event that we add to its augmentation and nature of the archeological record the unique condition of conservation supported by cover sands, unquestionably before we confront one of the best Phoenician urban communities of the eighth and seventh hundreds of years. C., outflanking numerous customary focuses of the Phoenician progress in the West and at the place of root. 

 

Recognition of metallurgical regions in La Fonteta opens remarkable desires for evaluation and clarification of the beginnings of the steel business in the early history of the Western Mediterranean. Certainly a standout amongst the most entire arrangements of metallurgical western Phoenician world, coming to supplement the data, fairly pitiful, of other Phoenician focuses of the Mediterranean drift. 

 

 

 

The significance of this Guardamarenco site lies, to begin with, on the presence in it of an enormous stronghold divider, a rare component in the other Phoenician locales in the Iberian Peninsula. Second, stays of an antiquated metallurgical action have been found, exhibiting the exceptional enclave of La Fonteta. Lastly, on the high level of preservation of archeological remains since they were covered in fine sand. 

 

Among the material found there is a substantial collection of Phoenician typological ceramics: vases, plates, red cleaned lights. Take note of the presence of antiquated Greek earthenware, and custom protests, for example, ostrich eggs, ivory, scarabs, and so on. The presence of structural components reused in the divider, demonstrates the presence of a sanctuary or hallowed place in the earth.