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ABORIGINAL CAVE PAINTINGS Cristina Cerdeña Braga Melania Brito Clavijo
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Who were the guanches? Guanches is the general name used for the people from the Canary Islands in the Prehistory, although they have a different name in each island. Their origins came from the north of Africa.
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The different techniques Guanches paintings are cave ilustrations made directly on the walls or on the rocks in the open air. They used different techniques to do it: -Scraping the wall with sharp stones. -Banging with other resistant stones. -Polishing rocks. -Scratching with deep lines and differents drawings.
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Beliefs They did not know the metal material. Their pictures had a special religious value. They asked for help to their Gods in order to have a good hunting, rain or to thank for something, etc.
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Classification A boriginal pictures are categorized as geometric, figurative and letters. Geometrics: These are lines, circles, spirals…The most famous are situated in La Palma.
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Figurative: They draw people, animals (fish, lizards, horses and bulls), boats, human feet, crosses. They had a meaning. Highlighted are those in the Balos ravine in Gran Canaria. Letter: They could draw alphabetic signs in Berber and Roman language. They are to be seen at all the islands.
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Tindaya’s mountain This mountain, located in Fuerteventura, was a sacred place for the Canary aborigines. Here you can find more than 200 human feet’s pictures (“podomorfos”), which were made for the worship of the rain and pasture.
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