Prehistoria de Lanzarote

Where did the primitive population of Lanzarote and the Canary Islands come from? What were the patterns of society prior to the European conquest? How did they organize their rituals and what were their survival tactics on an island with limited natural resources? Agustín Pallarés summarizes the main characteristics of the aboriginal culture of Lanzarote, highlighting the author's pioneering hypotheses about its human settlement and an extensive chapter dedicated to language. Based on decades of field work on the ancestral customs and toponymy of the island, and on the reading of classic documents and recent bibliography, the author presents a broad and complete portrait of the indigenous period of Lanzarote. A work that, in the words of Professor Antonio Tejera Gaspar, serves us to “have a more accurate picture of the society of the majos”.