This new research offers a detailed look at the aboriginal past of Santa Cruz de La Palma, addressing the challenge of constructing a sociocultural history from a local perspective and its connection to broader island processes.
This new research project brings us closer to the indigenous past of Santa Cruz de La Palma with all kinds of details. It faces the challenge of building a sociocultural history from the local, and how this connects with the rest of the island processes.
The author, a native of Santa Cruz de La Palma, is a renowned historian and professor, known for his work in disseminating the Canarian past through numerous articles and conferences. He is also the founder and director of the Iruene project, a pioneer in the field of worldview studies. With more than 15 books on the Canarian aboriginal world to his credit, Martín González is also the author of History of Santa Cruz de La Palma (1999).
Historically, Santa Cruz de La Palma was one of the areas most affected by archaeological looting, transformed with the founding of the island capital and its area of influence. It was also the most densely populated area in the centuries following European colonization, occupying the same indigenous habitats. Despite all this and more, the area still retains a rich and valuable archaeological heritage.
The work is based on the material remains left by ancestors, their integration into space, and their link to the temporal framework. The union of these three elements—human construction, space, and time—provides an order of coexistence and security for survival. The book is not merely descriptive; it focuses on a demonstrative analysis, studying structures, processes, and conducting quantitative and interpretive analysis using the comparative method to understand the experience of the inhabitants of this specific geographical corner. Its objective is to reach both specialists and the general public.
