Last year's fire leads to archeological finds

The devastating fires in the summer of 2012 that left some of the ancient forest destroyed has now led to the discovery of many new sites of archeological importance. The dense greenery had previously kept these sites with remnants of structures erected by the original settlers of La Gomera hidden from the scientists. Aboriginal tools and implements were also included in the 50 discoveries. It's  an ill wind...

One of the sites discovered on La Gomera © Diario de Avisos