Woodworking in the cliffs? Xylological and morpho-technological analyses of wood remains in the Prehispanic granaries of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)

P Vidal-Matutano, A Rodríguez-Rodríguez… - Quaternary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recovery and analyses of perishable non-charred archaeological wood is extremely rare.
Traceological analyses in general are still scarce and mainly focused on waterlogged …

Climatic change and diet of the pre-hispanic population of gran Canaria (canary archipelago, Spain) during the medieval warm period and little ice age

C Lécuyer, J Goedert, J Klee, T Clauzel… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The hard and soft tissue remains of a pre-Hispanic population of the Gran Canaria Island at
six different archaeological localities were studied using 14 C dating and stable isotope …

Hidden in plain sight? Looking for the Indigenous agricultural fields of Gran Canaria, Agüimes and Temisas, Canary Islands, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries

I Díaz-Sierra - International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 2022 - Springer
The location, size, and structure of the farmlands and hydraulic systems built by the
Indigenous inhabitants of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain, remain unknown. This …

Use of decayed wood for funerary practices: Archaeobotanical analysis of funerary wooden artefacts from Prehispanic (ca. 400–1500 CE) Gran Canaria (Canary …

P Vidal-Matutano, T Delgado-Darias… - Quaternary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The island of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain) shows great potential for
studying the wooden raw materials used by the indigenous population during the …

[HTML][HTML] Fecal biomarkers and micromorphological indicators of sheep penning and flooring at La Fortaleza pre-Hispanic site (Gran Canaria, Canary Islands)

AV Herrera-Herrera, H Padrón-Herrera, E Iriarte… - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
This study explores the lipid content and micromorphological features of sediment samples
from two dwelling structures at the pre-Hispanic site of La Fortaleza in Santa Lucía de …

Phytoliths from modern plants in the Canary Islands as a reference for the reconstruction of long-term vegetation change and culture-environment interactions

A Castilla-Beltrán, E Fernández-Palacios… - Vegetation History and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Canary Islands were the first part of the Macaronesian archipelago to have
been settled by humans. The various ways in which the indigenous inhabitants and later …

[HTML][HTML] Sha** wood in the Canary Islands: First experimental dataset focused on tool marks of Prehispanic wooden artifacts

P Vidal-Matutano, A Palomo, S Pardo-Gordó… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The first settlers of the Canary Islands arrived at this archipelago from northern Africa
between the 2nd and 5th centuries CE. These communities probably knew metallurgy in …

Use-Wear Analysis of Obsidian and Other Volcanic Rocks: An Experimental Approach to Working Plant Resources

I Brito-Abrante, A Rodríguez-Rodríguez - Journal of Archaeological …, 2024 - Springer
This experimental study aims to contribute to functional analysis research on tools which
specifically served to work wood and non-woody plants. They were made of obsidian and …

Oral conditions of the pre-Hispanic mummies of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)

T Delgado-Darias, V Alberto-Barroso… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To analyse the oral conditions of pre-Hispanic mummies from Gran Canaria (5th-
11th centuries AD), comparing the results with published data from the non-mummified …

Las Cuevas de Bencomo (La Orotava, Tenerife). De la historiografía al dato arqueológico

E Marrero Salas, H Ruiz González… - Vegueta: Anuario de …, 2021 - accedacris.ulpgc.es
Las Cuevas de Bencomo son uno de los espacios más significativos de la arqueología de
Tenerife, ligado especialmente al carácter emblemático por su identificación tradicional con …