Animals and ritual. Faunal remains from sacrificial altars of El Alto de Garajonay (La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain)
<p>This paper addresses the meaning of animals in the sanctuary of Garajonay, in La Gomera. It is a main sacred place for the Prehispanic population, in which they systematically used to perform ritual celebrations within the time period between ss. vii-xii ad cal. These activities took place...
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| author | Verónica ALBERTO BARROSO Juan Francisco NAVARRO MEDEROS Pablo CASTELLANO ALONSO |
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| description | <p>This paper addresses the meaning of animals in the sanctuary of Garajonay, in La Gomera. It is a main sacred place for the Prehispanic population, in which they systematically used to perform ritual celebrations within the time period between ss. vii-xii ad cal. These activities took place in the sacrificial altars where various products, essential for the survival of the ancient inhabitants, were burned. For this purpose faunal repertoires have been studied, establishing their composition and processing patterns. It is concluded a standardized behavior defined by the sacrifice of domestic animals, with a rigid selection of skeletal parts actives in the ritual. In that process the fire plays a key role, contributing to the consecration of certain social practices. It has also been analyzed the meaning of such practices in the ideological framework of those populations.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9b37bf68dce94c9fb7024681d14956d62022-12-22T01:30:21ZengEdiciones Universidad de SalamancaZephyrus0514-73362386-39432015-11-0176015917910.14201/zephyrus20157615917912330Animals and ritual. Faunal remains from sacrificial altars of El Alto de Garajonay (La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain)Verónica ALBERTO BARROSO0Juan Francisco NAVARRO MEDEROS1Pablo CASTELLANO ALONSO2Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran CanariaUniversidad de La LagunaUniversidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria<p>This paper addresses the meaning of animals in the sanctuary of Garajonay, in La Gomera. It is a main sacred place for the Prehispanic population, in which they systematically used to perform ritual celebrations within the time period between ss. vii-xii ad cal. These activities took place in the sacrificial altars where various products, essential for the survival of the ancient inhabitants, were burned. For this purpose faunal repertoires have been studied, establishing their composition and processing patterns. It is concluded a standardized behavior defined by the sacrifice of domestic animals, with a rigid selection of skeletal parts actives in the ritual. In that process the fire plays a key role, contributing to the consecration of certain social practices. It has also been analyzed the meaning of such practices in the ideological framework of those populations.</p>https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/0514-7336/article/view/13450arqueología gomeraperiodo prehispánicoreligiónsantuariospireosofrendas animales |
| spellingShingle | Verónica ALBERTO BARROSO Juan Francisco NAVARRO MEDEROS Pablo CASTELLANO ALONSO Animals and ritual. Faunal remains from sacrificial altars of El Alto de Garajonay (La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain) Zephyrus arqueología gomera periodo prehispánico religión santuarios pireos ofrendas animales |
| title | Animals and ritual. Faunal remains from sacrificial altars of El Alto de Garajonay (La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain) |
| title_full | Animals and ritual. Faunal remains from sacrificial altars of El Alto de Garajonay (La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain) |
| title_fullStr | Animals and ritual. Faunal remains from sacrificial altars of El Alto de Garajonay (La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Animals and ritual. Faunal remains from sacrificial altars of El Alto de Garajonay (La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain) |
| title_short | Animals and ritual. Faunal remains from sacrificial altars of El Alto de Garajonay (La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain) |
| title_sort | animals and ritual faunal remains from sacrificial altars of el alto de garajonay la gomera canary islands spain |
| topic | arqueología gomera periodo prehispánico religión santuarios pireos ofrendas animales |
| url | https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/0514-7336/article/view/13450 |
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