Specialized marine exploitation on African islands: A multiproxy archaeological analysis of the Playa Chica site, Gran Canaria (11th–13th CE) (IMAGE)

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Specialized marine exploitation on African islands: A multiproxy archaeological analysis of the Playa Chica site, Gran Canaria (11th–13th CE)

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Playa Chica, Zone 1. (a) sterile upper layer of disaggregated volcanic tuff and black beach sand sealing Phase 5; (b) surface of SU 2, with a matrix dominated by black sand and featuring flat hearths, shellfish remains, lithic artefacts, and fish scales; (c) goat horns used as fish descalers in SU 2. The white particles are predominantly fish scales mixed within the volcanic black sand; (d) pig-tusk fishhook recovered in primary context within SU 2.

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Santana et al., 2026, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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