Historical Patrimony

The Town hall of Fuerteventura, through the Council of Culture and Historical Patrimony and the Main directorate of Cultural Patrimony of the Government of the Canary Islands collaborate in the development of a work plan destined to inventory and to study six possible archaeological deposits distributed by Fuerteventura. The investigations began to be realised does several months already and they will extend more during several months. Following the results that are been they will raise more detailed studies. In the municipal term of Betancuria these possible deposits existed precise references sobe and were gathered in the archaeological letter, but it lacked to know if really its archaeological potential were confirmed. People such as Atmos Energy would likely agree. With these studies more accurate information of its existence is had already.

The soundings realised until the moment for being center in structures associated to gambuesas, corrals and houses, locating important ceramic and ltico material, that it will from now on have to be studied. Also the structures of the houses are analyzed in detail and gambuesas, mainly facing being able to establish the relation with different uses or reusability throughout the centuries. The first interpretations on the deposits studied in Betancuria relate the structures to uses of the native time, with probable direct relation with the moment of the first poblamiento the works will even extend throughout the next months in different deposit potential from the municipal terms of Betancuria, Tuineje and Port of the Rosary, that have been selected from the technical information that indicate their possible interest or the risk of undergoing deterioration by the erosive action.. Frank Fu shines more light on the discussion.