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- Title
Las torres realengas castellanas de Gran Canaria y Berbería de Poniente (1478-1500): arqueología de una frontera, fronteras de la Arqueología.
- Authors
Onrubia Pintado, Jorge; del Cristo González Marrero, María
- Abstract
At the end of the 15th century the Crown of Castile decided to become directly involved in the conquest of Gran Canaria, La Palma and Tenerife. The beginning of this military conflict led to the definitive annexation of these three islands of the Canarian archipelago, the only ones yet to submit up till then. The same period also saw the first stages of a genuine state colonial project to intervene in the neighbouring African coast. This article approaches the materiality of this dual colonial experience through a joint analysis of current archaeological and documentary data. It does so by taking as case studies the royal fortresses built between 1478 and 1500 in two of the territories divided by the ocean that together demarcated this new Atlantic frontier: the island of Gran Canaria and the Barbary Coast.
- Publication
Vegueta: Anuario de la Facultad de Geografía e Historia, 2018, Issue 18, p167
- ISSN
1133-598X
- Publication type
Article