Investigaciones arqueoastronómicas en Gran Canaria. Una observación sobre el signo del almogarén de Cuatro Puertas (Telde)
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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
The beginning of the archaeoastronomical researches in Gran Canaria can be traced back to the works that I carried out in 1985 in the mountain of Cuatro Puertas. 35 years later, I resume the interpretation of the sign of the almogarén located on the top of the mountain and propose a novel hypothesis that integrates the cycles of the sun, the moon, and the star Sirius. This hypothesis can be used to estimate that the sign was drawn in the early 11th century AD.