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Gavia (terrace) in the area of Guatiza in Lanzarote.

made of butter, powdered heather, and other herbs, then leaving the body
out in the sun to dry, cleaning it frequently with astringent substances, and
finally embalming it with animal skins.
The necropolis “El Barranco of Guayadoque” is unique insofar as the
mummies were found standing against the walls; whereas the ones in “El
Barranco of Herques”, the necropolis of Tenerife, were found lying on the
back.
Grave goods varying depending on social level were also found, as well
as food remains (figs, cereals, and milk) stored in special elongated jars.
All of the above was in all likelihood the anthropological, historical,
and social situation that Lanzarotto found upon landing.
As mentioned in previous chapters, Malocello stayed in Lanzarote for
about twenty years, building a castle there. As to where this castle was
located, in “Le Canarien”, Augustín Pallarés Padilla places it towards the
interior of the island and Marín de Cuba claims the ruins of the castle were
in the “place of Guanapalo”. A Spanish term for place or position is “pues-
to”, and therefore Pallarés Padilla observes that the term “Puestos” used to
refer to posts for sentries to control the island’s coastal areas from above,
thus preventing pirates or enemy tribes from landing. As a matter of fact,