https://freerepublic.com/tag/roquebentayga/ en-us Sat, 20 Jun 2026 13:04:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4384660/posts Archaeologists uncovered the earliest known evidence of cereal harvesting in the Canary Islands, according to a report in La Brújula Verde. The discovery was made at the C008 cave complex at the Roque Bentayga rock formation on Gran Canaria. The site was likely used as a granary, for plant processing, and, later, as a burial ground by the ancient Canarians, a people of Amazigh, or Berber, origin, between the tenth and the thirteenth centuries. Excavations within the caves yielded over 200 lithic artifacts. Microscopic analyses of wear patterns on some of the objects, particularly a small basalt knife, determined that... Archaeology Magazine https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4384660/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2026 13:04:32 GMT