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Page 1: Material culture. Introduction o When someone digs into the roots of culture in the Canary Islands they encounter an identity of a people with strong

material culture

Page 2: Material culture. Introduction o When someone digs into the roots of culture in the Canary Islands they encounter an identity of a people with strong

Introduction

oWhen someone digs into the roots of culture in the Canary Islands they encounter an identity of a people with strong customs, who depend on their past while forging on their future.

Page 3: Material culture. Introduction o When someone digs into the roots of culture in the Canary Islands they encounter an identity of a people with strong

The stone tools

oThe absence of metals on the islands obliged the natives to make their working tools of stone.

Page 4: Material culture. Introduction o When someone digs into the roots of culture in the Canary Islands they encounter an identity of a people with strong

The common ones:

The scrapers used

normally as elements to

cut.

Page 5: Material culture. Introduction o When someone digs into the roots of culture in the Canary Islands they encounter an identity of a people with strong

•The mill stones used to grind cereals and to obtain “gofio”, their

most important food.

Page 6: Material culture. Introduction o When someone digs into the roots of culture in the Canary Islands they encounter an identity of a people with strong

• Tabona: species of blade done with obsidian that has a great hardness and an edge which can be made very sharp. They used it in combats, to cut weaves and to kill animals.

Page 7: Material culture. Introduction o When someone digs into the roots of culture in the Canary Islands they encounter an identity of a people with strong

Bone toolsoThe cattle

economy gave food but also let them take advantage of the skin to get dressed and the bones of the animals to make equipment, such as needles or jewelry.

Page 8: Material culture. Introduction o When someone digs into the roots of culture in the Canary Islands they encounter an identity of a people with strong

Ceramics

oThe manufacture of the ceramic was done by hand and by the women.

Page 9: Material culture. Introduction o When someone digs into the roots of culture in the Canary Islands they encounter an identity of a people with strong

The most common ceramic work in Fuerteventura

was:

“Tabajoste” or “tofio”: this is a

container, generally of clay that was used to milk the goats.

Page 10: Material culture. Introduction o When someone digs into the roots of culture in the Canary Islands they encounter an identity of a people with strong

Project done by:

Maria

Joana

Ainara