Warrior, Iberian work housed in the Valencia Museum of Prehistory. The
Prehistory Research Service (
Servicio de Investigación Prehistórica, SIP) of the
Diputación of Valencia and the Museum of Prehistory are founded in 1927 at the request of
Isidro Ballester Tormo as a scientific institution dedicated to research, preserve and promote the archaeological heritage of Valencia. In the museum have worked some of the most notable archaeologists of Spain
Lluís Pericot Domingo Fletcher or
Enrique Pla, who directed the SIP, or
Miquel Tarradell Miracles Gil-Mascarell or
Carmen Aranegui, who worked closely with this service. Since its creation, the SIP developed an intense archaeological field work as in the
Bastide de les Alcuses of
Moixent, the
Black Cave (
Cova Negra) of
Xàtiva, the
Cova del Parpalló of
Gandia or
Tossal de Sant Miquel of
Llíria. The materials obtained from these excavations soon formed a collection whose scientific and heritage value has made the SIP and its museum one of the most important in Spain. Currently, research projects cover all phases of the Prehistory and Antiquity of Valencia, with major actions developed in
Cueva de Bolomor in
Tavernes de la Valldigna, where appeared the oldest human remains in Valencian lands. Also excavations are conducted at the Eneolithic sites of Fuente Flores y Cinto Mariano (
Requena), in the Bronze Age sites of
Lloma Betxí (
Paterna) and
Les Raboses (
Albalat dels Tarongers), in the Iberian villages of
Bastida de les Alcusses and Los Villares (
Caudete de las Fuentes) and the Ibero-Roman city of La Carencia de (
Turís). == The Library of the Prehistory Research Service ==