Recuperando pasados desde los fondos arqueológicos y documentales de El Museo Canario (Gran Canaria, España)
- María del Carmen Gil Vega 1
- Teresa Delgado Darias 1
- Verónica Alberto Barroso 2
- Javier Velasco Vázquez 3
- Fernando Betancor Pérez 1
- Paloma Vidal Matutano 4
- Néstor López Dos-Santos 5
- Rosa Fregel Lorenzo 5
- Ibán Suárez Medina 2
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Sociedad Científica “El Museo Canario”
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Sociedad Científica “El Museo Canario”
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España
- 2 Tibicena. Arqueología y Patrimonio
- 3 Cabildo de Gran Canaria.
- 4 Laboratorio de Entomología Aplicada CIFOR
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Universidad de La Laguna
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- Elena Acosta Guerrero (coord.)
Publisher: Casa de Colón
Year of publication: 2021
Congress: Coloquio de Historia Canario-Americana (24. 2020. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)
Type: Conference paper
Abstract
This paper addresses a brief overview of the contributions that the research project entitled «Bodies, objects and spaces. Convergent deaths, divergent deaths», has made to the knowledge of the pre-Hispanic population of Gran Canaria. From the characterization of the funerary manifestations and the evaluation of the available radiocarbon dates, an approach to the historical development of the ancient Canarians is addressed, identifying moments of change that mark their evolution. The study of the different sepulchral categories has also allowed to document funeral gestures that deepen the construction and reproduction of the identities and the social structure in force at every moment. In addition, the project seeks to highlight the historical value of the archaeological records that, preserved in El Museo Canario, were recovered in the past, and to underline the role that entity’s archive has for the memory of such archaeological testimonies.