Bibcode
Gil, J. C.; Belmonte, J. A.
Bibliographical reference
Cosmology Across Cultures ASP Conference Series, Vol. 409, proceedings of the conference held 8-12 September, 2008, at Parque de las Ciencias, Granada, Spain. Edited by José Alberto Rubiño-Martín, Juan Antonio Belmonte, Francisco Prada, and Antxon Alberdi. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2009., p.331
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Description
During the mid 1990s, extensive archaeoastronomical fieldwork was
performed in the island of Gran Canaria, which is the richest of the
Canaries from the archaeological point of view. Solstitial and
equinoctial ``markers'' were discovered or postulated along the island
in connection with the calendric information contained in the historical
sources. A suggestive relation to the major southern lunastice was also
proposed for the tandem Roque Nublo - Roque Bentaiga. A decade later, a
new set of appropriately scheduled observations have been settled during
the last three years in order to further prove or disprove the
postulated relationships. Besides, new sites such as Montaña
Santidad and Los Altos del Coronadero were explored. Our new data and
detailed on site observations have confirmed some of the earlier
proposals and have tingled some others. As a highlight of our results,
the lunastice rising at Roque Nublo and the summer solstice sunset at
Teide, as observed from the sacred sites of Roque Bentaiga and Los
Llanos de Gamona, respectively, may be catalogued as outstanding
examples of the strong relationship between astronomy and landscape in
ancient Canary Island culture.