Amelia C Rodríguez-Rodríguez
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 162191 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Amelia C Rodríguez-Rodríguez |
| NOMBRES | Amelia C |
| APELLIDO | Rodríguez-Rodríguez |
| FIRMA | RODRÍGUEZ-RODRÍGUEZ A C |
| AFILIACIONES | Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7112-2441 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 40 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 148 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 40 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2004 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Exploring Use‐Wear Texture Quantification Through Confocal Microscopy on Tools Made From Volcanic Rocks (Basalt and Phonolite)
Functional analysis is essential for reconstructing lithic tool use. Recent approaches combining confocal microscopy and surface texture analysis provide quantitative alternatives to traditional visual use‐wear analysis, although their application to coarse‐grained, heterogeneous rocks remains challenging because of their complex surface microtopography. This study addresses these limitations through an exploratory experimental framework focused …
Living on sand. A functional and PDSM analysis of obsidian and other volcanic rock tools from two coastal settlements
The state of the surfaces of prehistoric stone tools must be assessed before initiating traceological research as they may have suffered from post-depositional surface modifications (PDSM) stemming from sediment and aeolian abrasion and trampling that could have eliminated their original use-wear traces. PDSM research not only serves to avoid misinterpreting the use-wear but can shed light on formation processes of archaeological sites. Recognisi…
Shining Light on Dark Matter
Over the past decade, confocal microscopy has increasingly been employed to examine changes in stone tool surfaces and has proven to be an accurate technique for quantifying use-wear texture. Promising results have emerged from characterizing Polish formation on experimental and archaeological flint tools. Recent studies also highlighted the potential of confocal microscopy for analyzing tools made from reflective materials, such as quartzite. In…
Ancient DNA from lentils (Lens culinaris) illuminates human - plant - culture interactions in the Canary Islands
The intimate relationship between humans and crop plants means that traces of human cultural practices become embedded in the crop genome. Genetic analyses of archaeological crop remains thus allow cultural consequences of societal change to be studied. The Canary Islands have a unique cultural history where the Hispanic colonization in the 15th century led to eradication of the indigenous culture, partial replacement of the human gene pool and a…
Shaping wood in the Canary Islands
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 their area of origin, although an adaptation process must have taken place for the successful development of woodworking strategies based on stone/bone technologies in a volcanic archipelago. In this paper, the first experimental program focusing on Prehispanic indigenous woo…
Utilising ancient DNA to understand crop population dynamics across a millennium
Landraces are described as genetically diverse, dynamic populations of unimproved crops. However, studying the development of a landrace population over longer periods of time has rarely been done due to a lack of suitable archaeological materials. The indigenous grain silos of Gran Canaria provide a unique opportunity for genetically analysing multiple specimens from the same time period as well as sampling the same population at multiple time p…
Use-Wear Analysis of Obsidian and Other Volcanic Rocks
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 other volcanic rocks (basalt, trachyte, and phonolite) characterised by an amorphous matrix and phenocrysts of different number and size. In spite of prior functional analysis research resorting to these raw materials, there remain gaps in our understanding of specific acti…
Insects in the far West
The Canary Islands were first settled by North African groups in the first millennium CE and, after a few centuries of interconnections with the mainland and between islands, remained isolated until the late medieval European expansion into the Atlantic. El Hierro is a small island located in the westernmost part of the archipelago that was inhabited by the bimbapes from the 2nd century CE until the 15th century European conquest. The archaeologi…
Animal Consumption at Hospital de San Martín (Gran Canaria)
The Canary Islands were initially colonized around 200 CE by North African Berber populations who brought with them domestic plants and animals. These communities remained isolated until the arrival of Europeans in the Late Middle Ages which triggered the conquest of the archipelago. Its geostrategic location in the framework of Atlantic expansion facilitated the arrival of people, knowledge, goods, plants, and animals which served to shape the n…
Islands without Iron. Strategies for Manufacturing Prehistoric Rotary Querns without Metal Tools in the Canary Islands
The introduction of the rotary quern into the Iberian Peninsula during the Iron Age represents a great technological innovation with regard to processing cereals. These mechanisms arrived several centuries later in the Canarian archipelago with the first North African colonists. Contacts with the African continent appear to have either been cut off or minimised a short time later, obliging the colonists to subsist autonomously and adapt to the fe…
Agriculture and crop dispersal in the western periphery of the Old World
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00334-023-00920-6
The Early Natufian Site of Jeftelik (Homs Gap, Syria)
Dataciones de contextos aborígenes y coloniales de la isla de Gran Canaria
El radiocarbono puede presentar problemas relacionados con la naturaleza de la muestra fechada, los propios del método y la fiabilidad estratigráfica del contexto fechado. Por ello, el principal objetivo de este trabajo consiste en efectuar una exploración sistemática de cada uno de ellos. Para ello ha sido realizada una revisión crítica de las fechas radiocarbónicas efectuadas en materiales procedentes de contextos arqueológicos de la isla de Gr…
Dating prehispanic and colonial sites on the island of Gran Canaria
Radiocarbon dating can give rise to problems associated with the nature of the dated sample, with the method used itself and with the stratigraphic reliability of the dated site. Consequently, the principal objective of this paper is to carry out a systematic exploration of each of these aspects. To this end, a critical review was conducted of the radiocarbon dates of materials from archaeological sites on the island of Gran Canaria. On the basis…
Un lugar entre las dunas. Aprovechamiento oportunista de un espacio costero durante la etapa preeuropea de la isla de Gran Canaria (circa siglos VIII-XI AD)
Este trabajo presenta los resultados del estudio pluridisciplinar de un asentamiento temporal preeuropeo situado en la Reserva Natural Especial de las Dunas de Maspalomas (Gran Canaria). Carece de estructuras estables de habitación, pero conserva de manera excepcional una estructura de combustión sobre la arena dunar. El sitio se ocupó en el cambio del I al II milenio AD, una etapa para la que se cuenta con escasos paralelos en la isla. Allí se d…
Woodworking in the cliffs? Xylological and morpho-technological analyses of wood remains in the Prehispanic granaries of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)
Archaeoentomological indicators of long-term food plant storage at the Prehispanic granary of La Fortaleza (Gran Canaria, Spain)
Dientes de hoz, hoces y Edad del Bronce
Aunque los denominados como dientes de hoz son bien conocidos en todos sus aspectos morfológicos, tecnológicos y funcionales, se consideró necesario el desarrollo de un nuevo programa de arqueología experimental con el objetivo de validar algunas de las hipótesis hasta ahora planteadas en la bibliografía específica y profundizar en el estudio de las variables que condicionan la formación de los desgastes por uso en dichas piezas. Los resultados t…
Arqueoentomología y arqueobotánica de los espacios de almacenamiento a largo plazo
Este trabajo pretende contribuir al estudio de las técnicas de almacenamiento utilizadas en el pasado mediante el análisis de los restos entomológicos y vegetales presentes en el granero prehispánico canario de Risco Pintado, fechado entre los siglos IX y XV cal DC. Este tipo de granero se caracteriza por agrupar numerosos silos excavados en la toba volcánica y situarse en lugares escarpados de difícil acceso y fácil defensa. Las excepcionales co…
The Early Natufian Site of Jeftelik (Homs Gap, Syria)
Gestión de la ganadería y patrones de consumo de una comunidad indígena expuesta al fenómeno colonial
The archaeozoological study of the domestic livestock recovered from two differ- ent stratigraphic contexts, from Structure 12 of the Cueva Pintada of Gáldar site (Gran Canaria, Spain) is presented. Both contexts are dated between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries CE. One of them is definitely previous to the conquest of the island, while the other belongs to a period in which that conquest had already taken place. Pigs, goats and sheep are t…
Du laurier dans les greniers de Grande Canarie (Espagne)
Insect pests are one of the main problems in the long-term storage of food, especially for grains. It has been estimated that before chemical insecticides were used systematically, insects damaged around 10-20 % of the stored grain, and in certain conditions they could spoil the whole harvest. There are historical documents recording the use of organic and inorganic products to kill or dispel the insect, but there is little archaeological data ab…
Du laurier dans les greniers de Grande Canarie
Image d’ouverture. Vue de l’accès au second niveau du grenier d’El Álamo-Acusa © E. Martín Les insectes constituent l’un des principaux problèmes rencontrés lorsqu’il s’agit de stocker sur le long terme des aliments, en particulier des céréales. On estime qu’avant l’emploi systématique d’insecticides chimiques, les insectes endommageaient au moins 10 à 20 % du grain stocké – lorsqu’ils n’altéraient pas la totalité de la récolte. Des documents his…
Long-Term Food Storage, Insects, Pests and Insecticides
Insect pests are one of the main problems in the long-term storage of food, especially for grains. It has been estimated that before chemical insecticides were used systematically, insects damaged around 10-20 % of the stored grain, and in certain conditions they could spoil the whole harvest. There are historical documents recording the use of organic and inorganic products to kill or dispel the insect, but there is little archaeological data ab…
Propuesta para la clasificación de los materiales cerámicos de tradición aborigen de la isla de Gran Canaria (Islas Canarias)
Se propone un sistema de clasificación para los recipientes cerámicos de tradición aborigen de la isla de Gran Canaria. Este sistema integra aspectos tecnológicos, formales y funcionales partiendo de conjuntos arqueológicos debidamente contextualizados. Se discuten los resultados haciendo referencia a las diferencias cronológicas, a la función y características de los yacimientos. Asimismo, se discuten los datos comparándolos con aquellos existen…
The archaeobotany of long-term crop storage in northwest African communal granaries
Farmer fidelity in the Canary Islands revealed by ancient DNA from prehistoric seeds
Ancient DNA in archaeological wheat grains
De l’efficacité des faucilles néolithiques au Proche-Orient
Les faucilles apparaissent au Proche-Orient dès le Natoufien et deviennent de plus en plus fréquentes au Néolithique. On les retrouve sur les sites sous forme de «lame-faucille » ou d’ «éléments de faucille » armant les manches pour former des outils composites. Plus exceptionnellement, des faucilles composites plus ou moins fragmentaires sont préservées. Certains auteurs considèrent que l’évolution morphologique de ces instruments composites tra…
Archaeoentomological indicators of long-term food plant storage at the Prehispanic granary of La Fortaleza (Gran Canaria, Spain)
The impact of human activities on the natural environment of the Canary Islands (Spain) during the pre-Hispanic stage (3rd–2nd Century BC to 15th Century AD)
This paper presents a brief review of archaeological evidence for the impact of the pre-Hispanicpopulation on the environment of the Canary Islands. Prior to human colonisation, the archipelagowas an untouched environment with high botanical and faunal biodiversity. The first humansettlement can be traced to the early 1st millenniumBC; this period of settlement finished at theend of the 15th centuryADwhen the Spanish Crown conquered the archipela…
Agriculture and crop dispersal in the western periphery of the Old World
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00334-023-00920-6
The early colonial atlantic world
OBJECTIVES: The Canary Islands are considered one of the first places where Atlantic slave plantations with labourers of African origin were established, during the 15th century AD. In Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain), a unique cemetery dated to the 15th and 17th centuries was discovered adjacent to an ancient sugar plantation with funerary practices that could be related to enslaved people. In this article, we investigate the origin and poss…
Shining Light on Dark Matter
Over the past decade, confocal microscopy has increasingly been employed to examine changes in stone tool surfaces and has proven to be an accurate technique for quantifying use-wear texture. Promising results have emerged from characterizing Polish formation on experimental and archaeological flint tools. Recent studies also highlighted the potential of confocal microscopy for analyzing tools made from reflective materials, such as quartzite. In…
Utilising ancient DNA to understand crop population dynamics across a millennium
Landraces are described as genetically diverse, dynamic populations of unimproved crops. However, studying the development of a landrace population over longer periods of time has rarely been done due to a lack of suitable archaeological materials. The indigenous grain silos of Gran Canaria provide a unique opportunity for genetically analysing multiple specimens from the same time period as well as sampling the same population at multiple time p…
Variability of lithic tools used in the process of making hand-made pottery in Pre-European Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)
The Paths of the European Conquest of the Atlantic
European expansion in the Atlantic in the Late Middle Ages often implied the use of violence, involving tactics and weaponry unknown to some of the affected populations. Among the first places to suffer this violence were the Canary Islands, whose conquest lasted the whole of the 15th century. Documentary information about this historical episode is abundant, whereas archaeological evidence testifying to it is very rare. However, an individual fr…
Use-Wear Analysis of Obsidian and Other Volcanic Rocks
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 other volcanic rocks (basalt, trachyte, and phonolite) characterised by an amorphous matrix and phenocrysts of different number and size. In spite of prior functional analysis research resorting to these raw materials, there remain gaps in our understanding of specific acti…
Insects in the far West
The Canary Islands were first settled by North African groups in the first millennium CE and, after a few centuries of interconnections with the mainland and between islands, remained isolated until the late medieval European expansion into the Atlantic. El Hierro is a small island located in the westernmost part of the archipelago that was inhabited by the bimbapes from the 2nd century CE until the 15th century European conquest. The archaeologi…
Animal Consumption at Hospital de San Martín (Gran Canaria)
The Canary Islands were initially colonized around 200 CE by North African Berber populations who brought with them domestic plants and animals. These communities remained isolated until the arrival of Europeans in the Late Middle Ages which triggered the conquest of the archipelago. Its geostrategic location in the framework of Atlantic expansion facilitated the arrival of people, knowledge, goods, plants, and animals which served to shape the n…
Gestión de la ganadería y patrones de consumo de una comunidad indígena expuesta al fenómeno colonial
The archaeozoological study of the domestic livestock recovered from two differ- ent stratigraphic contexts, from Structure 12 of the Cueva Pintada of Gáldar site (Gran Canaria, Spain) is presented. Both contexts are dated between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries CE. One of them is definitely previous to the conquest of the island, while the other belongs to a period in which that conquest had already taken place. Pigs, goats and sheep are t…
Islands without Iron. Strategies for Manufacturing Prehistoric Rotary Querns without Metal Tools in the Canary Islands
The introduction of the rotary quern into the Iberian Peninsula during the Iron Age represents a great technological innovation with regard to processing cereals. These mechanisms arrived several centuries later in the Canarian archipelago with the first North African colonists. Contacts with the African continent appear to have either been cut off or minimised a short time later, obliging the colonists to subsist autonomously and adapt to the fe…
Dientes de hoz, hoces y Edad del Bronce
Aunque los denominados como dientes de hoz son bien conocidos en todos sus aspectos morfológicos, tecnológicos y funcionales, se consideró necesario el desarrollo de un nuevo programa de arqueología experimental con el objetivo de validar algunas de las hipótesis hasta ahora planteadas en la bibliografía específica y profundizar en el estudio de las variables que condicionan la formación de los desgastes por uso en dichas piezas. Los resultados t…
Arqueoentomología y arqueobotánica de los espacios de almacenamiento a largo plazo
Este trabajo pretende contribuir al estudio de las técnicas de almacenamiento utilizadas en el pasado mediante el análisis de los restos entomológicos y vegetales presentes en el granero prehispánico canario de Risco Pintado, fechado entre los siglos IX y XV cal DC. Este tipo de granero se caracteriza por agrupar numerosos silos excavados en la toba volcánica y situarse en lugares escarpados de difícil acceso y fácil defensa. Las excepcionales co…
Estudio de los picos tallados de la época preeuropea de Gran Canaria. Un ejemplo de especialización en el trabajo a partir de las evidencias recuperadas en la cantera de molinos de Montaña Quemada
In this paper we present the study of chipped stone picks. These instruments were employed to work rocks in several ways(working in quarries, excavating mine galleries and other enclosures, manufacturing tools, etc.). The artifacts were recoveredin the excavation of a quarry for the production of rotator milling stones (Montaña Quemada, Gran Canaria). In thequarries intensive productive processes were developed, where picks were submitted to stro…
Living on sand. A functional and PDSM analysis of obsidian and other volcanic rock tools from two coastal settlements
The state of the surfaces of prehistoric stone tools must be assessed before initiating traceological research as they may have suffered from post-depositional surface modifications (PDSM) stemming from sediment and aeolian abrasion and trampling that could have eliminated their original use-wear traces. PDSM research not only serves to avoid misinterpreting the use-wear but can shed light on formation processes of archaeological sites. Recognisi…
Du laurier dans les greniers de Grande Canarie
Image d’ouverture. Vue de l’accès au second niveau du grenier d’El Álamo-Acusa © E. Martín Les insectes constituent l’un des principaux problèmes rencontrés lorsqu’il s’agit de stocker sur le long terme des aliments, en particulier des céréales. On estime qu’avant l’emploi systématique d’insecticides chimiques, les insectes endommageaient au moins 10 à 20 % du grain stocké – lorsqu’ils n’altéraient pas la totalité de la récolte. Des documents his…
Las cerámicas aborígenes de Gran Canaria (Islas Canarias) a través del yacimiento de La Cerera
Se analizan los materiales cerámicos prehispánicos del yacimiento de La Cerera en Gran Canaria (siglos VII-XIII D.C.). Se integra la clasificación morfotécnica y funcional, y la caracterización instrumental mediante fluorescencia de rayos X (FRX), difracción de rayos X (DRX), petrografía óptica (PO) y microscopía electrónica de barrido (MEB) relacionando cada nivel de estudio aplicado. Como resultado se detectaron diferentes cadenas operativas, c…
Cueva de El Toro (Antequera, Malaga-Spain)
The occupation evidence shown by the cave El Toro, is that of a unique stockbreeding community in the Andalusian region. The calibrated dates for this occupation period go from the second quarter of the sixth millennium up to the second millennium BP. There is also evidence of occasional occupation throughout later millennia up to the Hispano-Muslim period. The nature of thisoccupation is determined by the close link between the cave and the comm…
The impact of human activities on the natural environment of the Canary Islands (Spain) during the pre-Hispanic stage (3rd–2nd Century BC to 15th Century AD)
This paper presents a brief review of archaeological evidence for the impact of the pre-Hispanicpopulation on the environment of the Canary Islands. Prior to human colonisation, the archipelagowas an untouched environment with high botanical and faunal biodiversity. The first humansettlement can be traced to the early 1st millenniumBC; this period of settlement finished at theend of the 15th centuryADwhen the Spanish Crown conquered the archipela…
Ancient DNA in archaeological wheat grains
Estudio de los picos tallados de la época preeuropea de Gran Canaria. Un ejemplo de especialización en el trabajo a partir de las evidencias recuperadas en la cantera de molinos de Montaña Quemada
In this paper we present the study of chipped stone picks. These instruments were employed to work rocks in several ways(working in quarries, excavating mine galleries and other enclosures, manufacturing tools, etc.). The artifacts were recoveredin the excavation of a quarry for the production of rotator milling stones (Montaña Quemada, Gran Canaria). In thequarries intensive productive processes were developed, where picks were submitted to stro…
De l’efficacité des faucilles néolithiques au Proche-Orient
Les faucilles apparaissent au Proche-Orient dès le Natoufien et deviennent de plus en plus fréquentes au Néolithique. On les retrouve sur les sites sous forme de «lame-faucille » ou d’ «éléments de faucille » armant les manches pour former des outils composites. Plus exceptionnellement, des faucilles composites plus ou moins fragmentaires sont préservées. Certains auteurs considèrent que l’évolution morphologique de ces instruments composites tra…
Use-Wear and Residue Analysis in Archaeology
The archaeobotany of long-term crop storage in northwest African communal granaries
Entheseal changes and sexual division of labor in a North-African population
Use-wear Analysis of Nonflint Lithic Raw Materials
The quarry and workshop of Barranco Cardones (Gran Canaria, Canary Islands)
Querns for grinding cereals were essential in the everyday life of the Pre-European population of the Island of Gran Canaria as their agriculture was based mainly on barley and wheat, cereals processed for the most part in the form of roasted flour. Rotary querns and other grinding stones, nonetheless, have rarely been the object of research in the Canary Islands and the study of their operational sequence of production has only recently been ini…
Farmer fidelity in the Canary Islands revealed by ancient DNA from prehistoric seeds
Las cerámicas aborígenes de Gran Canaria (Islas Canarias) a través del yacimiento de La Cerera
Se analizan los materiales cerámicos prehispánicos del yacimiento de La Cerera en Gran Canaria (siglos VII-XIII D.C.). Se integra la clasificación morfotécnica y funcional, y la caracterización instrumental mediante fluorescencia de rayos X (FRX), difracción de rayos X (DRX), petrografía óptica (PO) y microscopía electrónica de barrido (MEB) relacionando cada nivel de estudio aplicado. Como resultado se detectaron diferentes cadenas operativas, c…
The early colonial atlantic world
OBJECTIVES: The Canary Islands are considered one of the first places where Atlantic slave plantations with labourers of African origin were established, during the 15th century AD. In Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain), a unique cemetery dated to the 15th and 17th centuries was discovered adjacent to an ancient sugar plantation with funerary practices that could be related to enslaved people. In this article, we investigate the origin and poss…
The Paths of the European Conquest of the Atlantic
European expansion in the Atlantic in the Late Middle Ages often implied the use of violence, involving tactics and weaponry unknown to some of the affected populations. Among the first places to suffer this violence were the Canary Islands, whose conquest lasted the whole of the 15th century. Documentary information about this historical episode is abundant, whereas archaeological evidence testifying to it is very rare. However, an individual fr…
Propuesta para la clasificación de los materiales cerámicos de tradición aborigen de la isla de Gran Canaria (Islas Canarias)
Se propone un sistema de clasificación para los recipientes cerámicos de tradición aborigen de la isla de Gran Canaria. Este sistema integra aspectos tecnológicos, formales y funcionales partiendo de conjuntos arqueológicos debidamente contextualizados. Se discuten los resultados haciendo referencia a las diferencias cronológicas, a la función y características de los yacimientos. Asimismo, se discuten los datos comparándolos con aquellos existen…
Variability of lithic tools used in the process of making hand-made pottery in Pre-European Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)
The Early Natufian Site of Jeftelik (Homs Gap, Syria)
Gestión de la ganadería y patrones de consumo de una comunidad indígena expuesta al fenómeno colonial
The archaeozoological study of the domestic livestock recovered from two differ- ent stratigraphic contexts, from Structure 12 of the Cueva Pintada of Gáldar site (Gran Canaria, Spain) is presented. Both contexts are dated between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries CE. One of them is definitely previous to the conquest of the island, while the other belongs to a period in which that conquest had already taken place. Pigs, goats and sheep are t…
Du laurier dans les greniers de Grande Canarie (Espagne)
Insect pests are one of the main problems in the long-term storage of food, especially for grains. It has been estimated that before chemical insecticides were used systematically, insects damaged around 10-20 % of the stored grain, and in certain conditions they could spoil the whole harvest. There are historical documents recording the use of organic and inorganic products to kill or dispel the insect, but there is little archaeological data ab…
Du laurier dans les greniers de Grande Canarie
Image d’ouverture. Vue de l’accès au second niveau du grenier d’El Álamo-Acusa © E. Martín Les insectes constituent l’un des principaux problèmes rencontrés lorsqu’il s’agit de stocker sur le long terme des aliments, en particulier des céréales. On estime qu’avant l’emploi systématique d’insecticides chimiques, les insectes endommageaient au moins 10 à 20 % du grain stocké – lorsqu’ils n’altéraient pas la totalité de la récolte. Des documents his…
Long-Term Food Storage, Insects, Pests and Insecticides
Insect pests are one of the main problems in the long-term storage of food, especially for grains. It has been estimated that before chemical insecticides were used systematically, insects damaged around 10-20 % of the stored grain, and in certain conditions they could spoil the whole harvest. There are historical documents recording the use of organic and inorganic products to kill or dispel the insect, but there is little archaeological data ab…
Dientes de hoz, hoces y Edad del Bronce
Aunque los denominados como dientes de hoz son bien conocidos en todos sus aspectos morfológicos, tecnológicos y funcionales, se consideró necesario el desarrollo de un nuevo programa de arqueología experimental con el objetivo de validar algunas de las hipótesis hasta ahora planteadas en la bibliografía específica y profundizar en el estudio de las variables que condicionan la formación de los desgastes por uso en dichas piezas. Los resultados t…
Arqueoentomología y arqueobotánica de los espacios de almacenamiento a largo plazo
Este trabajo pretende contribuir al estudio de las técnicas de almacenamiento utilizadas en el pasado mediante el análisis de los restos entomológicos y vegetales presentes en el granero prehispánico canario de Risco Pintado, fechado entre los siglos IX y XV cal DC. Este tipo de granero se caracteriza por agrupar numerosos silos excavados en la toba volcánica y situarse en lugares escarpados de difícil acceso y fácil defensa. Las excepcionales co…
Archaeoentomological indicators of long-term food plant storage at the Prehispanic granary of La Fortaleza (Gran Canaria, Spain)
Un lugar entre las dunas. Aprovechamiento oportunista de un espacio costero durante la etapa preeuropea de la isla de Gran Canaria (circa siglos VIII-XI AD)
Este trabajo presenta los resultados del estudio pluridisciplinar de un asentamiento temporal preeuropeo situado en la Reserva Natural Especial de las Dunas de Maspalomas (Gran Canaria). Carece de estructuras estables de habitación, pero conserva de manera excepcional una estructura de combustión sobre la arena dunar. El sitio se ocupó en el cambio del I al II milenio AD, una etapa para la que se cuenta con escasos paralelos en la isla. Allí se d…
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