THE GEODIVERSITY OF THE TERCEIRA AND THE PICO ISLANDS IN THE AZORES ARCHIPELAGO AS PATTERNS OF A MODEL WHICH CAN BE FOUND IN OTHER ATLANTIC ISLANDS
THE GEODIVERSITY OF THE TERCEIRA AND THE PICO ISLANDS IN THE AZORES ARCHIPELAGO AS PATTERNS OF A MODEL WHICH CAN BE FOUND IN OTHER ATLANTIC ISLANDS

Summary/Abstract: The location of the volcanic Azores archipelago and it’s Plateau in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and over the Middle Oceanic Ridge (MAR) confers on the respective islands a very peculiar geodiversity. An extensive variety of lithologies and volcanic cones in the nine islands, also contributes for a spectacular landscape attracting tourists from all over the world. The main goal of this paper is to open a highly controversial discussion on the findings of artefacts which indicate a human presence in the Azores Archipelago long before the 1430 arrival of the Portuguese sailors described in the Portuguese and World History. Two of the nine islands that form the archipelago were chosen due to the archaeological findings which comprise, till today, more than one hundred scaled pyramids, dolmens, menhirs, cart-ruts, several hypogea, columbaria, rock basins and thousands of inscriptions in the stones delimiting the agricultural lands.

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