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The Chalchihuites Culture of Northwestern Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Robert H. Lister  and
Agnes M. Howard
Robert H. Lister
Affiliation:
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Agnes M. Howard
Affiliation:
Instituto Interamericano Durango, Durango, Mexico
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For many years a Chalchihuites type of culture has been designated for a number of archaeological sites in the western parts of the states of Durango and Zacatecas, Mexico (Hrdlička 1903; Gamio 1910; Noguera 1930; Mason 1937; Brand 1939). The culture takes its name from the early-studied and partiallytested site of the same name located in northwestern Zacatecas.

Chalchihuites culture has been noted by Mason to extend as far south as the great site of La Quemada, or Chicomostoc as it is also called, some 35 miles southwest of Zacatecas, Zacatecas (Mason 1937). It is prevalent in southern Durango in the vicinity of the city of Durango, and Mason and Brand believe that at Zape, Durango, 150 miles to the north, it had reached its northern limit. At Zape it had become peripheral and attenuated, having lost much of its fine quality. As more information is obtained, it is possible that the culture may be extended to a group of sites in northern Jalisco.

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Research Article
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , October 1955 , pp. 122 - 129
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1955

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