Email this article Barranco de Guayadeque "Beyond the Beaches of Gran Canaria" October 29, 1999 Many of the caves in Guayadeque are still being used as houses or to shelter animals. The people living there subsist much as the ancients did--farming and tending animals. Though out of necessity many have moved into the cities to work, some still keep caves for holidays and weekends. The caves are adapted, as in antiquity, to meet the needs of their inhabitants--some now park their cars in cave garages! Left: Animals such as goats still live in cave pens Above: Animal pen beneath cave house Right: Cave homes at Guayadeque Guayadeque Back to Map More on Guayadeque © 1999 by the Archaeological Institute of America www.archaeology.org/online/features/canary/guayadeque2.html Share this page:   Share Stay up-to-date on news and new features on our website. Click here to sign up. Buy back issues: See what's available!

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