Specialized marine exploitation on African islands: A multiproxy archaeological analysis of the Playa Chica site, Gran Canaria (11th–13th CE)
Jonathan Santana, Jacob Morales, Simon-Pierre Gilson, Aitor Brito-Mayor, María del Carmen González-Ruiz, Paloma Vidal-Matutano, Miguel del Pino-Curbelo, Idaira Brito-Abrante, Pedro Henríquez-Valido, Javier Cruz Viera, Alberto Lacave-Hernández, Carmen Rodríguez Santana, Sandra Cancel, Marta Moreno-García, Amelia Rodríguez-Rodríguez · 2026
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Description
Jonathan Santana and a large team excavate an island fish-processing site in this 2026 archaeology paper. Playa Chica, on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, holds five layers of Indigenous occupation from the 6th to the 13th centuries, left by communities of North African origin.
Focusing on the last phase, the team combined shell, bone, seed, and charcoal evidence. Shellfish and sea urchins dominated, with fish remains, crustaceans, and crowds of fish scales pointing to heavy on-site processing. Goat horn tools and pig-tooth hooks, smoke-friendly fuels, and 29 hearths suggest drying or smoking fish for storage. The site likely fed exchange networks between coast and inland.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jonathan Santana, Jacob Morales, Simon-Pierre Gilson, Aitor Brito-Mayor, María del Carmen González-Ruiz, Paloma Vidal-Matutano, Miguel del Pino-Curbelo, Idaira Brito-Abrante, Pedro Henríquez-Valido, Javier Cruz Viera, Alberto Lacave-Hernández, Carmen Rodríguez Santana, Sandra Cancel, Marta Moreno-García, Amelia Rodríguez-Rodríguez |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 82655 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |