'La Escuera' - San Fulgencio’s Archaeological Excavations Of Iberian Temple

Although I'm unfamiliar with the 'La Escuera' temple site mentioned in the linked article, there are those who will be familiar with the person credited with its original discovery, in the months immediately following June 1960 - Swedish archaeologist Solveig Nordström - aged 84, and on-site at the invitation of the current group of archaeologists working there.

In the third century BC the ‘La Escuera’ settlement covered an area of three square kilometres, only a very small section of this early Iberian City site has been revealed to modern day man. The goal of the archaeologists who have worked on this site is to preserve it for future generations.

They would dearly love to be able to spend time unearthing more of the ancient city but funding for this is a major obstacle. It takes many months, sometimes years, of delicate and vigilant work to ensure that anything of importance is not missed or damaged during a dig. They will return in July next year to continue the excavations of this important site.

Even at a 'premier league' type site such as Atapuerca, to the far north, archaeology is carried out for only a very few months of they year, so it's not surprising to hear that work has to be similarly curtailed at other sites each year due to a lack of funding.

What might be more surprising to some of us however, is the detail in the next paragraph, describing the past actions of the Swedish archaeologist...

Solveig Nordström is a hero to modern day archaeologists. In 1955 she prevented the destruction of the archaeological remains of an ancient Roman City located in Alicante by lying on the ground in front of the bulldozer that had been brought in to level the ground to make way for a new hotel complex.

Her bravery was reported worldwide and this site is now confirmed to be the ancient Roman city of ‘Lucentum.’ Her endeavour culminated in the Lucentum site being designated in 1961 as an ‘Artistic and Historic Monument’ which then afforded it some legal protection.

Google Translate might prove helpful in deciphering the Spanish text in the provided links.