Parque Arqueológico Necrópolis de Arteara
The Necrópolis de Arteara—also known locally as the Cementerio de los Canarios—holds the island’s largest burial ground of Gran Canaria’s aboriginal population. Set on the right bank of the Barranco de Fataga, beside Arteara in the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, it covers 137,535 square metres and contains more than 800 tumular burials. These mounds were built using stones from the surrounding landscape after the collapse of the adjacent Morro Garito, creating a cemetery that spreads across the malpaís. Each burial was made with dry-stone architecture: a cista acting as a mortuary box for the body, then a superimposed structure that covered it. The tumuli vary in shape—from troncocónica and pyramidal forms to circular and rectangular layouts. …
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