Los animales domésticos de los habitantes de la Cueva de Villaverde (Fuerteventura)

[ES] More than two hundred and fifty kilogrammes (six hundred pounds) of uncountable osseous fragments of domestic animals from the beginning óf our era have been extracted in the course of archeological excavations carried out in Villaverde. Their inventory and study have proved they belonged to, at least, five hundred goats. fifty sheep, half a dozen swine and two dogs. These animals show affinity with others from the Neolithic and Protohistoric periods of North Africa. Therefore, the goat may be included in the mamber goat group (mambrinus group) and the shepp in "longipes" group, both of them mummified by the Egyptians. Possibly, the swine is similar to the one found in Toukh (Egypt) and the dog may be included in the Saharan Kabyle sheepdog characterized by its small size.

Restos óseos de Lobos marinos en la Cueva de Villaverde (Fuerteventura)

[EN] During the archaeological excavations carried out in the Villaverde Cave sorne bone remains (left mandible fragment, proximal fragment of scapula and two left humerus) of two specimes of monk seals (Monachus cf. monachus) were found. Toe cave, which is a vokanic tunnel, was occupied during the firts Centuries of our Era by the former inhabitants of the Fuerteventura Island. Toe monk seals,named in the past in Canaries "Lobos marinos", were very numerous according to the Chronicles of the Conquerers (1404-1408) and for that reason the small island situated between Lanzarote and Fuerteventura lslands was named '"Isla de Lobos". These seals became extinct at the end of the XV Century and the remains found at Villaverde are the only ones known.

Arqueología histórica de los últimos días : la primera Santa Cruz de la Sierra (1561-1604), oriente de Bolivia

La conquista de las tierras bajas de Sudamérica estuvo fuertemente impulsada por la afanosa búsqueda de tesoros y míticas riquezas nativas; sin embargo, tales emprendimientos, desde la segunda mitad del siglo XVI, comenzaron a reemplazar sus objetivos exploratorios por otros colonizadores. La fundación de Santa Cruz de la Sierra en 1561 se encuadra en la bisagra entre esas dos etapas. En este trabajo se presentan los resultados obtenidos en las investigaciones arqueológicas que se abocaron a la búsqueda y el rescate de los restos de aquella ciudad asentada en el territorio de la Chiquitanía y que fuera abandonada hacia 1604.