Transcript Aboriginal cave paintings
Slide 1
ABORIGINAL CAVE
PAINTINGS
Cristina Cerdeña Braga
Melania Brito Clavijo
Who were the guanches?
Guanches is the general name used for the people from the
Canary Islands in the Prehistory, although they have a
different name in each island. Their origins came from the
north of Africa.
The different techniques
Guanches paintings are cave ilustrations made directly on the
walls or on the rocks in the open air. They used different
techniques to do it:
-Scraping the wall with sharp stones.
-Banging with other resistant stones.
-Polishing rocks.
-Scratching with deep lines and differents drawings.
Beliefs
They did not know the metal material.
Their pictures had a special religious value. They asked for
help to their Gods in order to have a good hunting, rain or to
thank for something, etc.
Classification
Aboriginal pictures are categorized as geometric,
figurative and letters.
Geometrics:
These are lines, circles, spirals…The most famous are
situated in La Palma.
Figurative:
They draw people, animals (fish, lizards, horses and bulls),
boats, human feet, crosses. They had a meaning.
Highlighted are those in the Balos ravine in Gran Canaria.
Letter:
They could draw alphabetic signs in Berber and Roman
language. They are to be seen at all the islands.
Tindaya’s mountain
This mountain, located in Fuerteventura, was a sacred
place for the Canary aborigines. Here you can find more
than 200 human feet’s pictures (“podomorfos”), which
were made for the worship of the rain and pasture.
Slide 2
ABORIGINAL CAVE
PAINTINGS
Cristina Cerdeña Braga
Melania Brito Clavijo
Who were the guanches?
Guanches is the general name used for the people from the
Canary Islands in the Prehistory, although they have a
different name in each island. Their origins came from the
north of Africa.
The different techniques
Guanches paintings are cave ilustrations made directly on the
walls or on the rocks in the open air. They used different
techniques to do it:
-Scraping the wall with sharp stones.
-Banging with other resistant stones.
-Polishing rocks.
-Scratching with deep lines and differents drawings.
Beliefs
They did not know the metal material.
Their pictures had a special religious value. They asked for
help to their Gods in order to have a good hunting, rain or to
thank for something, etc.
Classification
Aboriginal pictures are categorized as geometric,
figurative and letters.
Geometrics:
These are lines, circles, spirals…The most famous are
situated in La Palma.
Figurative:
They draw people, animals (fish, lizards, horses and bulls),
boats, human feet, crosses. They had a meaning.
Highlighted are those in the Balos ravine in Gran Canaria.
Letter:
They could draw alphabetic signs in Berber and Roman
language. They are to be seen at all the islands.
Tindaya’s mountain
This mountain, located in Fuerteventura, was a sacred
place for the Canary aborigines. Here you can find more
than 200 human feet’s pictures (“podomorfos”), which
were made for the worship of the rain and pasture.
Slide 3
ABORIGINAL CAVE
PAINTINGS
Cristina Cerdeña Braga
Melania Brito Clavijo
Who were the guanches?
Guanches is the general name used for the people from the
Canary Islands in the Prehistory, although they have a
different name in each island. Their origins came from the
north of Africa.
The different techniques
Guanches paintings are cave ilustrations made directly on the
walls or on the rocks in the open air. They used different
techniques to do it:
-Scraping the wall with sharp stones.
-Banging with other resistant stones.
-Polishing rocks.
-Scratching with deep lines and differents drawings.
Beliefs
They did not know the metal material.
Their pictures had a special religious value. They asked for
help to their Gods in order to have a good hunting, rain or to
thank for something, etc.
Classification
Aboriginal pictures are categorized as geometric,
figurative and letters.
Geometrics:
These are lines, circles, spirals…The most famous are
situated in La Palma.
Figurative:
They draw people, animals (fish, lizards, horses and bulls),
boats, human feet, crosses. They had a meaning.
Highlighted are those in the Balos ravine in Gran Canaria.
Letter:
They could draw alphabetic signs in Berber and Roman
language. They are to be seen at all the islands.
Tindaya’s mountain
This mountain, located in Fuerteventura, was a sacred
place for the Canary aborigines. Here you can find more
than 200 human feet’s pictures (“podomorfos”), which
were made for the worship of the rain and pasture.
Slide 4
ABORIGINAL CAVE
PAINTINGS
Cristina Cerdeña Braga
Melania Brito Clavijo
Who were the guanches?
Guanches is the general name used for the people from the
Canary Islands in the Prehistory, although they have a
different name in each island. Their origins came from the
north of Africa.
The different techniques
Guanches paintings are cave ilustrations made directly on the
walls or on the rocks in the open air. They used different
techniques to do it:
-Scraping the wall with sharp stones.
-Banging with other resistant stones.
-Polishing rocks.
-Scratching with deep lines and differents drawings.
Beliefs
They did not know the metal material.
Their pictures had a special religious value. They asked for
help to their Gods in order to have a good hunting, rain or to
thank for something, etc.
Classification
Aboriginal pictures are categorized as geometric,
figurative and letters.
Geometrics:
These are lines, circles, spirals…The most famous are
situated in La Palma.
Figurative:
They draw people, animals (fish, lizards, horses and bulls),
boats, human feet, crosses. They had a meaning.
Highlighted are those in the Balos ravine in Gran Canaria.
Letter:
They could draw alphabetic signs in Berber and Roman
language. They are to be seen at all the islands.
Tindaya’s mountain
This mountain, located in Fuerteventura, was a sacred
place for the Canary aborigines. Here you can find more
than 200 human feet’s pictures (“podomorfos”), which
were made for the worship of the rain and pasture.
Slide 5
ABORIGINAL CAVE
PAINTINGS
Cristina Cerdeña Braga
Melania Brito Clavijo
Who were the guanches?
Guanches is the general name used for the people from the
Canary Islands in the Prehistory, although they have a
different name in each island. Their origins came from the
north of Africa.
The different techniques
Guanches paintings are cave ilustrations made directly on the
walls or on the rocks in the open air. They used different
techniques to do it:
-Scraping the wall with sharp stones.
-Banging with other resistant stones.
-Polishing rocks.
-Scratching with deep lines and differents drawings.
Beliefs
They did not know the metal material.
Their pictures had a special religious value. They asked for
help to their Gods in order to have a good hunting, rain or to
thank for something, etc.
Classification
Aboriginal pictures are categorized as geometric,
figurative and letters.
Geometrics:
These are lines, circles, spirals…The most famous are
situated in La Palma.
Figurative:
They draw people, animals (fish, lizards, horses and bulls),
boats, human feet, crosses. They had a meaning.
Highlighted are those in the Balos ravine in Gran Canaria.
Letter:
They could draw alphabetic signs in Berber and Roman
language. They are to be seen at all the islands.
Tindaya’s mountain
This mountain, located in Fuerteventura, was a sacred
place for the Canary aborigines. Here you can find more
than 200 human feet’s pictures (“podomorfos”), which
were made for the worship of the rain and pasture.
Slide 6
ABORIGINAL CAVE
PAINTINGS
Cristina Cerdeña Braga
Melania Brito Clavijo
Who were the guanches?
Guanches is the general name used for the people from the
Canary Islands in the Prehistory, although they have a
different name in each island. Their origins came from the
north of Africa.
The different techniques
Guanches paintings are cave ilustrations made directly on the
walls or on the rocks in the open air. They used different
techniques to do it:
-Scraping the wall with sharp stones.
-Banging with other resistant stones.
-Polishing rocks.
-Scratching with deep lines and differents drawings.
Beliefs
They did not know the metal material.
Their pictures had a special religious value. They asked for
help to their Gods in order to have a good hunting, rain or to
thank for something, etc.
Classification
Aboriginal pictures are categorized as geometric,
figurative and letters.
Geometrics:
These are lines, circles, spirals…The most famous are
situated in La Palma.
Figurative:
They draw people, animals (fish, lizards, horses and bulls),
boats, human feet, crosses. They had a meaning.
Highlighted are those in the Balos ravine in Gran Canaria.
Letter:
They could draw alphabetic signs in Berber and Roman
language. They are to be seen at all the islands.
Tindaya’s mountain
This mountain, located in Fuerteventura, was a sacred
place for the Canary aborigines. Here you can find more
than 200 human feet’s pictures (“podomorfos”), which
were made for the worship of the rain and pasture.
Slide 7
ABORIGINAL CAVE
PAINTINGS
Cristina Cerdeña Braga
Melania Brito Clavijo
Who were the guanches?
Guanches is the general name used for the people from the
Canary Islands in the Prehistory, although they have a
different name in each island. Their origins came from the
north of Africa.
The different techniques
Guanches paintings are cave ilustrations made directly on the
walls or on the rocks in the open air. They used different
techniques to do it:
-Scraping the wall with sharp stones.
-Banging with other resistant stones.
-Polishing rocks.
-Scratching with deep lines and differents drawings.
Beliefs
They did not know the metal material.
Their pictures had a special religious value. They asked for
help to their Gods in order to have a good hunting, rain or to
thank for something, etc.
Classification
Aboriginal pictures are categorized as geometric,
figurative and letters.
Geometrics:
These are lines, circles, spirals…The most famous are
situated in La Palma.
Figurative:
They draw people, animals (fish, lizards, horses and bulls),
boats, human feet, crosses. They had a meaning.
Highlighted are those in the Balos ravine in Gran Canaria.
Letter:
They could draw alphabetic signs in Berber and Roman
language. They are to be seen at all the islands.
Tindaya’s mountain
This mountain, located in Fuerteventura, was a sacred
place for the Canary aborigines. Here you can find more
than 200 human feet’s pictures (“podomorfos”), which
were made for the worship of the rain and pasture.
ABORIGINAL CAVE
PAINTINGS
Cristina Cerdeña Braga
Melania Brito Clavijo
Who were the guanches?
Guanches is the general name used for the people from the
Canary Islands in the Prehistory, although they have a
different name in each island. Their origins came from the
north of Africa.
The different techniques
Guanches paintings are cave ilustrations made directly on the
walls or on the rocks in the open air. They used different
techniques to do it:
-Scraping the wall with sharp stones.
-Banging with other resistant stones.
-Polishing rocks.
-Scratching with deep lines and differents drawings.
Beliefs
They did not know the metal material.
Their pictures had a special religious value. They asked for
help to their Gods in order to have a good hunting, rain or to
thank for something, etc.
Classification
Aboriginal pictures are categorized as geometric,
figurative and letters.
Geometrics:
These are lines, circles, spirals…The most famous are
situated in La Palma.
Figurative:
They draw people, animals (fish, lizards, horses and bulls),
boats, human feet, crosses. They had a meaning.
Highlighted are those in the Balos ravine in Gran Canaria.
Letter:
They could draw alphabetic signs in Berber and Roman
language. They are to be seen at all the islands.
Tindaya’s mountain
This mountain, located in Fuerteventura, was a sacred
place for the Canary aborigines. Here you can find more
than 200 human feet’s pictures (“podomorfos”), which
were made for the worship of the rain and pasture.
Slide 2
ABORIGINAL CAVE
PAINTINGS
Cristina Cerdeña Braga
Melania Brito Clavijo
Who were the guanches?
Guanches is the general name used for the people from the
Canary Islands in the Prehistory, although they have a
different name in each island. Their origins came from the
north of Africa.
The different techniques
Guanches paintings are cave ilustrations made directly on the
walls or on the rocks in the open air. They used different
techniques to do it:
-Scraping the wall with sharp stones.
-Banging with other resistant stones.
-Polishing rocks.
-Scratching with deep lines and differents drawings.
Beliefs
They did not know the metal material.
Their pictures had a special religious value. They asked for
help to their Gods in order to have a good hunting, rain or to
thank for something, etc.
Classification
Aboriginal pictures are categorized as geometric,
figurative and letters.
Geometrics:
These are lines, circles, spirals…The most famous are
situated in La Palma.
Figurative:
They draw people, animals (fish, lizards, horses and bulls),
boats, human feet, crosses. They had a meaning.
Highlighted are those in the Balos ravine in Gran Canaria.
Letter:
They could draw alphabetic signs in Berber and Roman
language. They are to be seen at all the islands.
Tindaya’s mountain
This mountain, located in Fuerteventura, was a sacred
place for the Canary aborigines. Here you can find more
than 200 human feet’s pictures (“podomorfos”), which
were made for the worship of the rain and pasture.
Slide 3
ABORIGINAL CAVE
PAINTINGS
Cristina Cerdeña Braga
Melania Brito Clavijo
Who were the guanches?
Guanches is the general name used for the people from the
Canary Islands in the Prehistory, although they have a
different name in each island. Their origins came from the
north of Africa.
The different techniques
Guanches paintings are cave ilustrations made directly on the
walls or on the rocks in the open air. They used different
techniques to do it:
-Scraping the wall with sharp stones.
-Banging with other resistant stones.
-Polishing rocks.
-Scratching with deep lines and differents drawings.
Beliefs
They did not know the metal material.
Their pictures had a special religious value. They asked for
help to their Gods in order to have a good hunting, rain or to
thank for something, etc.
Classification
Aboriginal pictures are categorized as geometric,
figurative and letters.
Geometrics:
These are lines, circles, spirals…The most famous are
situated in La Palma.
Figurative:
They draw people, animals (fish, lizards, horses and bulls),
boats, human feet, crosses. They had a meaning.
Highlighted are those in the Balos ravine in Gran Canaria.
Letter:
They could draw alphabetic signs in Berber and Roman
language. They are to be seen at all the islands.
Tindaya’s mountain
This mountain, located in Fuerteventura, was a sacred
place for the Canary aborigines. Here you can find more
than 200 human feet’s pictures (“podomorfos”), which
were made for the worship of the rain and pasture.
Slide 4
ABORIGINAL CAVE
PAINTINGS
Cristina Cerdeña Braga
Melania Brito Clavijo
Who were the guanches?
Guanches is the general name used for the people from the
Canary Islands in the Prehistory, although they have a
different name in each island. Their origins came from the
north of Africa.
The different techniques
Guanches paintings are cave ilustrations made directly on the
walls or on the rocks in the open air. They used different
techniques to do it:
-Scraping the wall with sharp stones.
-Banging with other resistant stones.
-Polishing rocks.
-Scratching with deep lines and differents drawings.
Beliefs
They did not know the metal material.
Their pictures had a special religious value. They asked for
help to their Gods in order to have a good hunting, rain or to
thank for something, etc.
Classification
Aboriginal pictures are categorized as geometric,
figurative and letters.
Geometrics:
These are lines, circles, spirals…The most famous are
situated in La Palma.
Figurative:
They draw people, animals (fish, lizards, horses and bulls),
boats, human feet, crosses. They had a meaning.
Highlighted are those in the Balos ravine in Gran Canaria.
Letter:
They could draw alphabetic signs in Berber and Roman
language. They are to be seen at all the islands.
Tindaya’s mountain
This mountain, located in Fuerteventura, was a sacred
place for the Canary aborigines. Here you can find more
than 200 human feet’s pictures (“podomorfos”), which
were made for the worship of the rain and pasture.
Slide 5
ABORIGINAL CAVE
PAINTINGS
Cristina Cerdeña Braga
Melania Brito Clavijo
Who were the guanches?
Guanches is the general name used for the people from the
Canary Islands in the Prehistory, although they have a
different name in each island. Their origins came from the
north of Africa.
The different techniques
Guanches paintings are cave ilustrations made directly on the
walls or on the rocks in the open air. They used different
techniques to do it:
-Scraping the wall with sharp stones.
-Banging with other resistant stones.
-Polishing rocks.
-Scratching with deep lines and differents drawings.
Beliefs
They did not know the metal material.
Their pictures had a special religious value. They asked for
help to their Gods in order to have a good hunting, rain or to
thank for something, etc.
Classification
Aboriginal pictures are categorized as geometric,
figurative and letters.
Geometrics:
These are lines, circles, spirals…The most famous are
situated in La Palma.
Figurative:
They draw people, animals (fish, lizards, horses and bulls),
boats, human feet, crosses. They had a meaning.
Highlighted are those in the Balos ravine in Gran Canaria.
Letter:
They could draw alphabetic signs in Berber and Roman
language. They are to be seen at all the islands.
Tindaya’s mountain
This mountain, located in Fuerteventura, was a sacred
place for the Canary aborigines. Here you can find more
than 200 human feet’s pictures (“podomorfos”), which
were made for the worship of the rain and pasture.
Slide 6
ABORIGINAL CAVE
PAINTINGS
Cristina Cerdeña Braga
Melania Brito Clavijo
Who were the guanches?
Guanches is the general name used for the people from the
Canary Islands in the Prehistory, although they have a
different name in each island. Their origins came from the
north of Africa.
The different techniques
Guanches paintings are cave ilustrations made directly on the
walls or on the rocks in the open air. They used different
techniques to do it:
-Scraping the wall with sharp stones.
-Banging with other resistant stones.
-Polishing rocks.
-Scratching with deep lines and differents drawings.
Beliefs
They did not know the metal material.
Their pictures had a special religious value. They asked for
help to their Gods in order to have a good hunting, rain or to
thank for something, etc.
Classification
Aboriginal pictures are categorized as geometric,
figurative and letters.
Geometrics:
These are lines, circles, spirals…The most famous are
situated in La Palma.
Figurative:
They draw people, animals (fish, lizards, horses and bulls),
boats, human feet, crosses. They had a meaning.
Highlighted are those in the Balos ravine in Gran Canaria.
Letter:
They could draw alphabetic signs in Berber and Roman
language. They are to be seen at all the islands.
Tindaya’s mountain
This mountain, located in Fuerteventura, was a sacred
place for the Canary aborigines. Here you can find more
than 200 human feet’s pictures (“podomorfos”), which
were made for the worship of the rain and pasture.
Slide 7
ABORIGINAL CAVE
PAINTINGS
Cristina Cerdeña Braga
Melania Brito Clavijo
Who were the guanches?
Guanches is the general name used for the people from the
Canary Islands in the Prehistory, although they have a
different name in each island. Their origins came from the
north of Africa.
The different techniques
Guanches paintings are cave ilustrations made directly on the
walls or on the rocks in the open air. They used different
techniques to do it:
-Scraping the wall with sharp stones.
-Banging with other resistant stones.
-Polishing rocks.
-Scratching with deep lines and differents drawings.
Beliefs
They did not know the metal material.
Their pictures had a special religious value. They asked for
help to their Gods in order to have a good hunting, rain or to
thank for something, etc.
Classification
Aboriginal pictures are categorized as geometric,
figurative and letters.
Geometrics:
These are lines, circles, spirals…The most famous are
situated in La Palma.
Figurative:
They draw people, animals (fish, lizards, horses and bulls),
boats, human feet, crosses. They had a meaning.
Highlighted are those in the Balos ravine in Gran Canaria.
Letter:
They could draw alphabetic signs in Berber and Roman
language. They are to be seen at all the islands.
Tindaya’s mountain
This mountain, located in Fuerteventura, was a sacred
place for the Canary aborigines. Here you can find more
than 200 human feet’s pictures (“podomorfos”), which
were made for the worship of the rain and pasture.