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30-07-2019, 10:12 PM
Archaeologists will re-enter the Cave of Villaverde de Fuerteventura
The team of archaeologists of Arenisca will undertake a second research campaign in one of the most important sites of the island of Fuerteventura, the cave of Villaverde, in the municipality of La Oliva, reports the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the Government of the Canary Islands .
After its first intervention in 2018, of wide repercussion both in the scientific field and for the dissemination of the works with the help of new technologies, it will be the object of a new phase of intervention, indicated in a statement.
The cave of Villaverde (BIC) is a volcanic tube with abundant vestiges of the past discovered in 1979 that yielded important hypotheses about the prehistory of the island, but that later fell into oblivion, when it closed in 1988.
Since then, no action had been carried out until in 2018, after forty years, an enclave recovery project was initiated with the financing of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, in collaboration with the Island Council of Fuerteventura and the City Council of La Olive.
The objectives of this new intervention focus on archaeological research with the support of other disciplines such as geological and topographic, for which it is a priority to define the limits of the site, expand the excavation area, specify the state of conservation and document another Possible entry
It is also necessary to carry out a complete bio-anthropological study of the adult and child's bodies located to the left of the entrance, with the DNA analysis to determine their possible kinship.
On the other hand, the archaeological material of previous campaigns to extract historical conclusions will also be analyzed and the interior of the cave will be probed to document the stratigraphic sequence.
At the same time, real-time dissemination actions will be carried out throughout the works with the purpose of opening the site to the knowledge of the citizenry and talks, open days with guided visits for educational centers and the population will be organized.
The cave has a website: http://www.yacimientocuevadevillaverde.org that allows you to make a virtual visit and get to know first-hand the archaeological works that are carried out on time.
Tamara: the site is being worked on at present. As you leave Villaverde heading North on the main road the current site they are investigating is on the right just before the end of the village. Lots of info posters up on the fences. (I'm not talking about the entrance and tourist info centre that are down the end of a signposted lane). I read somewhere that they are doing on site talks for anybody interested but I'm guessing they are only in Spanish.
The team of archaeologists of Arenisca will undertake a second research campaign in one of the most important sites of the island of Fuerteventura, the cave of Villaverde, in the municipality of La Oliva, reports the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the Government of the Canary Islands .
After its first intervention in 2018, of wide repercussion both in the scientific field and for the dissemination of the works with the help of new technologies, it will be the object of a new phase of intervention, indicated in a statement.
The cave of Villaverde (BIC) is a volcanic tube with abundant vestiges of the past discovered in 1979 that yielded important hypotheses about the prehistory of the island, but that later fell into oblivion, when it closed in 1988.
Since then, no action had been carried out until in 2018, after forty years, an enclave recovery project was initiated with the financing of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, in collaboration with the Island Council of Fuerteventura and the City Council of La Olive.
The objectives of this new intervention focus on archaeological research with the support of other disciplines such as geological and topographic, for which it is a priority to define the limits of the site, expand the excavation area, specify the state of conservation and document another Possible entry
It is also necessary to carry out a complete bio-anthropological study of the adult and child's bodies located to the left of the entrance, with the DNA analysis to determine their possible kinship.
On the other hand, the archaeological material of previous campaigns to extract historical conclusions will also be analyzed and the interior of the cave will be probed to document the stratigraphic sequence.
At the same time, real-time dissemination actions will be carried out throughout the works with the purpose of opening the site to the knowledge of the citizenry and talks, open days with guided visits for educational centers and the population will be organized.
The cave has a website: http://www.yacimientocuevadevillaverde.org that allows you to make a virtual visit and get to know first-hand the archaeological works that are carried out on time.
Tamara: the site is being worked on at present. As you leave Villaverde heading North on the main road the current site they are investigating is on the right just before the end of the village. Lots of info posters up on the fences. (I'm not talking about the entrance and tourist info centre that are down the end of a signposted lane). I read somewhere that they are doing on site talks for anybody interested but I'm guessing they are only in Spanish.
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