Talk:Pyramids of Güímar

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For a long time the ... used to believe that the pyramids - who was it that believed? --pippudoz 04:15, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] non-neutral

Sorry, i don't speak english, but this article is non-neutral. Pyramids of Güímar are tourist attraction. Archaeologists believe that the pyramids were heaps made by native farmers!

[edit] Seems Neutral to Me

Your English is fine. However, by your reasoning, one could say any archaeological site is just a heap of stones that serves as a tourist attraction. Are you claiming they're just a "montón de piedras" and not real structures?

The fact that the Güímar pyramids have been worked into ambitious theories does not detract from the significance of the pyramids themselves. Twalls

But this following maybe doest not:

The history of the settlement of the Canary Islands and the origin(s) of the settlers are still unclear. The passage to the Canary islands from the nearest mainland (southern Morocco) is difficult because of the strong sea currents. It is actually easier to approach from Europe and the Mediterranean area..

If you want my oppionion, it sounds like Europe has finally embraced or colonized her rightful grounds. Because those thousands of sub-saharan Africans doesn't find it a neutral statement that it is difficult. It does not discourage them. They are still sailing to the canary islands with their primitive dangerous boats. They are following the tradition of the Numidian king Juba II who discoverd it from modern Morocco. Although the languists seem to have accepted the assumption that the guanche language is a branche of the Libyan language. But i don't deny the Guanches are blue eyed, blondish and beautiful exactly like the Europeans. :D Best regards! Read3r 16:17, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RM POV

This is what I removed - it's a combination of POV and original research (not to mention writing in the first person). Should have been posted here on the Discuss page:

The pyramids of Güímar were built by the local inhabitants towards the end of the 19th century. They served two purposes: to collect the large stones lying on the ground into a single pile in order to clear the rest of the ground for farming, and once gathered into a pile, the pyramidal structure was made so that the flat platform on the top, aligned approximately north-south, could serve as a drying place for those crops which needed to be dried in the sun. This structure is one of the most convenient formats for this purpose. I received this information from my wife´s grandfather, a resident in Güímar since his birth in 1908, and who died in 2004. He knew well and had often talked to those who had built the pyramids. Most of the local inhabitants of Güímar are aware of the history of the pyramids, but since their supposed prehistoric origins act as a tourist attraction, and since the town does not have many natural sources of empoyment as agriculture has declined, they prefer not to discuss the point.

Twalls 22:34, 16 March 2007 (UTC)