The Guanahatabey (also spelled Guanajatabey) are an…

The Guanahatabey (also spelled Guanajatabey) are an indigenous people of western Cuba at the time of European contact.

Archaeological and historical studies suggest the Guanahatabey are archaic hunter-gatherers with a distinct language and culture from their neighbors, the Taíno.

They might be a relic of an earlier culture that spread widely through the Caribbean before the ascendance of the agriculturalist Taíno.