Cave of the Guanches

The Cave of the Guanches, or Archaeological area of the Cave of the Guanches, is an important archaeological site located in the north of the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) [1]. The protected archaeological environment is in the municipality of Icod de los Vinos and revolves around the Cave of the Guanches [1]. This archaeological area is where the earliest Guanche autochthonous settlements on the island of Tenerife have been found [1]. It has provided the oldest chronologies of the Canary Islands [1]. These have been dated to the 6th century BCE, according to analysis carried out on ceramics that were found inside [1]. The area was in aboriginal times a village of natural caves and huts (now disappeared), which were located at the top of a cliff, about 125 m above sea level [1].