
Lanzarote boasts an important archaeological legacy that has endured through the years, allowing us to delve into the various scenarios where the island's ancient populations once lived.
Through these traces, we can learn more about the inhabitants who have always intrigued researchers, and about whom much remains to be uncovered.
The archaeological monuments of Lanzarote are not only a clear reference to Berber or Amazigh origin but also to the adaptations, influences, and unique evolution that took place in an area marked by its remarkable isolation.
These monuments, often overlooked or even plundered, hold great value in interpreting the island's past and better understanding its identity.
San Marcial del Rubicón. is considered the first European settlement in the Canary Archipelago.
Some of the information collected have been fundamental in order to understand the oldest history of the islands
The depth and structure of the profiles allowed to observe the existence of notable environmental alterations over the last two millennia, very marked from the change of Era
They are amorphous fragments of pottery turned on a wheel, with reddish, orange and ocher-yellowish colors from between 1,100 and 900 BC.
In the wide central plain of the island, is the town of Zonzamas, which hosts the most important archaeological sites on the Island.
Estación de rock carvings composed of two sectors of one and five panels respectively, with a total of fourteen silhouettes of human feet (podomorphs).
Excavations have resulted in important archaeological finds, demonstrating the confluence of the Majos culture of an enormous cultural value
Located on the outskirts, northeast of Tiagua, La Cueva del Majo is a cave natural in a volcanic tube open at ground level.
The extensive series of dates and material records provided by Buenavista raise new possibilities in relation to the initial process of human colonization of the Canary Islands