Collections of archaeology of Gran Canaria
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Inventory: 11O
bject: Mummie
sMearmclassical classification: Human
remainsMateria: Organic ma
terialDimensions: Length, 171 cm.; max. width, 47 cm.; max. thicknes
s, 21 cm. Cultural context: Prehistory of Gran
CanariaDescription: Youth individual – between 15 and 17 years of age – female sex with funeral wrap. The shroud is made of animal skin by pieces sewn with crooked tendons using a side point, type 1 of the classification of points of the pre-Hispanic population of Gran Canaria. It is also joined laterally with strips of leather, thus forming a sack or bale that also uses the type 1 point. On the other hand, human remains (child vertebrae) and animal (tooth piece of canid) appear at the height of the individual's pelvic gics, coinciding with the opening area of the bale
. Origin: Barranco de Guayadeque, T.M. Of Agaimes-Ingenio, Gran Can
aria.Context: Village of natural caves and room artifices associated with rock barns and a necropolis in natural caves.
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