Archaeological site
Barranco de Guayadeque
Barranco de Guayadeque is a natural ravine on Gran Canaria that also functions as an archaeological site—an outdoor record of how the island’s earliest inhabitants made use of the land itself. In this steep, sheltered landscape, aboriginal Canarians, often associated with the Guanche people, are believed to have lived in cave dwellings before the Spanish conquest in the 15th century. The ravine form mattered: its caves and niches offered ready-made shelter, while the course of the barranco also provided secluded ground for purposes such as burial and religious practice. …
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