Guanche people

E29524

The Guanche people were the indigenous inhabitants of the Canary Islands, known for their Berber-related origins, distinct language, and unique pre-Hispanic culture before Spanish conquest.

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Label Occurrences
Guanche people canonical 7
Guanche culture 2
Guanches 1

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
extinct language
indigenous people
archaeologicalSiteType cave necropolis
burialPractice cave burials
mummification
clothingMaterial goat skins
sheepskins
conqueredBy Crown of Castile
Castile
surface form: Kingdom of Castile
conquestPeriod 15th century
contactWith Castilian conquistadors
continent Africa
culturalLegacy elements of Canarian Spanish vocabulary
toponyms in Canary Islands
culture pre-Hispanic Canary Islands culture
descendants modern Canarian people
economyType gathering
limited agriculture
pastoralism
ethnicGroupOf Canary Islands
ethnicOrigin Berbers
surface form: Berber peoples
housingType natural caves
stone huts
inhabited El Hierro
Fuerteventura
Gran Canaria
La Gomera
La Palma
Lanzarote
Tenerife
knownFor cave dwellings
mummification practices
pastoralism
stone tools
language Guanche language
languageFamily Berber languages
leaderTitle mencey
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
mainDeity Achamán
Chaxiraxi
mainIsland Tenerife
materialCulture bone tools
leather clothing
pottery
wooden weapons
notableRitual mummification of elites
seasonal festivals
partOf pre-Hispanic Canary Islands
politicalUnit menceyato
primarySubsistence barley cultivation
goat herding
sheep herding
wheat cultivation
region Macaronesia
religion polytheism
traditional Guanche religion
socialOrganization tribal society
statusAfterConquest assimilated into Spanish colonial society
decimated by disease
partly enslaved
timePeriod before 15th century
pre-Hispanic era
usedAnimal goat
pig
sheep
weapon club
spear
stone sling

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canary Islands historicalInhabitants Guanche people
Guanche language ethnicGroup Guanche people
Achamán ethnicGroup Guanche people
Achamán worshipedBy Guanche people
Achamán culture Guanche people
this entity surface form: Guanche culture
Chaxiraxi culture Guanche people
Chaxiraxi worshipedBy Guanche people
menceyato ethnicGroup Guanche people
menceyato culture Guanche people
this entity surface form: Guanche culture
Virgin of Candelaria associatedWith Guanche people
this entity surface form: Guanches