Attention is drawn to the collection of amphoras from Roman
times and the Punic Phoenician period, a tombstone and many
other tools. On this floor a copy of the Iberian treasure
of Javea is displayed, found by chance by a farmer, in 1904,
inside a clay pot. It includes various gold objects and
others of silver which date from the end of the third century
or the beginning of the second century BC In the cellar
a traditional Smithy is displayed.
On the second floor the museum has a varied display of
pottery from the Christian era dating from the 13th to the
18th centuries, as well as remains from the Capsades site
and an Arabian tombstone from the 12th century. Also displayed
are important graphic and written documents of floor, ethnographical
material is displayed.
The Greeks founded a colony here, with Montgó which
according to classical sources was named Hemeroskopeion,
as a clear landmark from the sea. The majority of remains
found belong to the Roman era. Several Roman settlements
of an agricultural nature have been discovered in the valley
formed by the rivers Gorgos and Xaló. Also on the
coast, as in the Port, Portixol island and the Punta de
l´Arenal which had clear commercial or fishing interests.
The excavations of the Punta de l´Arenal allowed
the discovery of a series of pools, commonly known as Banys
de Reina or the Queen´s baths, made in the rocks and
joined by canals, which were used in the salting of fish.
Another example of this activity is the sequia de la noria
a canalisation made in the rock to transport water from
the sea to the saltwoods inland.
Very close to the Punta de l´Arenal is the Muntanyar
necropolis, which dates from the beginning of our era to
the 7th century and which consists of approximately 900
graves dug into the rock. As with the Iberian period, remains
have also been found of Islamic settlements but these are
rarer. Later cultures, from medieval times to the present
day, are represented in the old town, where clear evidence
of their importance exists.
