Link to Anthropomorphic hollow clay figure of the "shaft-tomb tradition" representing a horned individual with an object in his hand. Eduardo Williams
Prehispanic West México: A Mesoamerican Culture Area
 

Table 1.  Chronology and Archaeological Cultures in the Occidente

              PERIOD              JALISCO1 COLIMA2 NAYARIT3 MICHOACAN4 BASIN
OF MEXICO5
Archaic
(7000 B.C.-2000 B.C.)		       Matanchén      
Early Formative
(1500-900 B.C.)		 El Opeño Capacha    El Opeño
Capacha		 Ixtapaluca
Middle Formative
(900-300 B.C.)		 San Felipe    San Blas    El Arbolillo
Late Formative
(300 B.C.-A.D. 200)		 El Arenal    Early Ixtlán Chupícuaro Ticomán
Patlachiqe
Early Classic
(A.D. 200-400)		 Ahualulco    Amapa- Los Cocos Loma Alta Tzacualli
Middle Classic
(A.D. 400-700)		 Teuchitlán I Comala
Colima		    Jarácuaro Miccaotli
Tlamimilolpa
Late Classic / Epiclassic
(A.D. 700-900)		 Teuchitlán II Armería Cerritos-Aztatlán Tingambato Xolalpan
Metepec
Coyotlatelco
Early Postclassic
(A.D. 900-1200)		 Santa Cruz de Bárcenas Chanal Ixcuintla Palacio
Urichu		 Mazapan
Late Postclassic
(A.D. 1200-1521)		 Etzatlán Periquillo Santiago-Santa Cruz Milpillas

Protohistoric or Tarascan (1450-1521)		 Aztec I-II
Aztec III

Endnotes

  1. Weigand 1996: Fig. 2;
  2. Kelly 1980: Table 1;
  3. Mountjoy 1982: Fig. 3;
  4. Pollard 1993: Table 1.1;
  5. Included for comparative purposes; Parsons 1996: Table 1.

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