13-02-2022, 09:15 PM
from Radio Sintonia:
The Valley of the Cave, a place of great beauty, is one of the ravines of Fuerteventura hidden even from the massive visits of tourists and curious. The place, difficult to access, is traveled by local people, cattle ranchers, is within commons land, and fishermen. This space is also known by history scholars since it has an aboriginal village that according to the latest research carried out by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is one of the oldest on the island. Specifically, the dating places it between the third and fourth centuries.
Research
The ULPG reported this week that the team led by Pedro González Quintero, dean of the Faculty of Geography and History has just finished the work of inventory and cataloguing of the archaeological record in the Barranco del Valle de la Cueva (Fuerteventura). These works were developed between the end of 2021 and 2022.
From the financing of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, with the participation of the company specialized in Archaeological Heritage, Tibicena. Archaeology and Heritage and in collaboration with the Archaeological Museum of Fuerteventura, the varied and abundant archaeological record of this site has been inventoried.
A village with at least 150 structures
The first works date from the nineties of the last century, without those having the desired continuity. At present, the cataloguing works have allowed to document almost 150 structures of different kinds, from pre-European structural complexes, to reuses of the same and current architectures.
In addition, radiocarbon dating has been made from the elements recovered in previous excavations at the site. The dates, once calibrated, have provided a historical time between the third and fourth centuries, which establishes, for the moment, as one of the oldest places on the island of Fuerteventura. This has surprised the researchers themselves who expected later dates for this space.
Archaeological intervention project
The university entity points out that at this time, it works with the data obtained to have a first spatial and architectural reading of the documentation obtained, for this it relies on the tools provided by Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The work team hopes that the archaeological tasks can continue, preparing at this time a detailed archaeological intervention project that allows to understand how these large towns work, their duration and internal organization, as well as to take the first step for their future and possible patrimonial use.
When the research work is completed, we will know what the Village of the Cave Valley has kept for centuries.
click here for orig article and pics
The Valley of the Cave, a place of great beauty, is one of the ravines of Fuerteventura hidden even from the massive visits of tourists and curious. The place, difficult to access, is traveled by local people, cattle ranchers, is within commons land, and fishermen. This space is also known by history scholars since it has an aboriginal village that according to the latest research carried out by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is one of the oldest on the island. Specifically, the dating places it between the third and fourth centuries.
Research
The ULPG reported this week that the team led by Pedro González Quintero, dean of the Faculty of Geography and History has just finished the work of inventory and cataloguing of the archaeological record in the Barranco del Valle de la Cueva (Fuerteventura). These works were developed between the end of 2021 and 2022.
From the financing of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, with the participation of the company specialized in Archaeological Heritage, Tibicena. Archaeology and Heritage and in collaboration with the Archaeological Museum of Fuerteventura, the varied and abundant archaeological record of this site has been inventoried.
A village with at least 150 structures
The first works date from the nineties of the last century, without those having the desired continuity. At present, the cataloguing works have allowed to document almost 150 structures of different kinds, from pre-European structural complexes, to reuses of the same and current architectures.
In addition, radiocarbon dating has been made from the elements recovered in previous excavations at the site. The dates, once calibrated, have provided a historical time between the third and fourth centuries, which establishes, for the moment, as one of the oldest places on the island of Fuerteventura. This has surprised the researchers themselves who expected later dates for this space.
Archaeological intervention project
The university entity points out that at this time, it works with the data obtained to have a first spatial and architectural reading of the documentation obtained, for this it relies on the tools provided by Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The work team hopes that the archaeological tasks can continue, preparing at this time a detailed archaeological intervention project that allows to understand how these large towns work, their duration and internal organization, as well as to take the first step for their future and possible patrimonial use.
When the research work is completed, we will know what the Village of the Cave Valley has kept for centuries.
click here for orig article and pics