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Authors
Sánchez-Cañadillas, Elías
Morquecho Izquier, Aarón
Smith, Colin
Iriarte, Eneko
Santana, Jonathan
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Comission (ERC Starting Grant: 851733)
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (RTI2018-101923-J-I00)
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Article History
Received: 23 June 2025
Accepted: 6 February 2026
First Online: 14 February 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Permissions needed to analyze ancient human remains were granted by the local authority (Dirección General de Patrimonio Cultural del Gobierno de Canarias; reference 51/2020-0717115014) and island museums. This authority is responsible for overseeing the heritage of the indigenous communities of the archipelago, including approval for publication of the results. Our research focuses exclusively on archaeological materials dating from the Amazigh and pre-European period of the Canary Islands. Currently, there are no communities within the Canary Islands that identify as direct descendants of the archipelago’s indigenous population. Additionally, we obtained the necessary permission from the different island archaeological museums.
