Un acercamiento a las ocupaciones y tradiciones culturales en el Valle de Colima a través de sus entierros y contextos funerarios

Abstract

Archaeological investigations carried out in the valley of Colima during the last fifteen years derived almost entirely from archaeological rescue and restoration projects. The information recovered has, therefore, been random and initially indicative of the valley’s numerous and successive pre-Hispanic occupations. In this area, the discovery and exploration of various funerary spaces, several of which were used for long periods and by different social groups, are valuable tools of analysis. These spaces, locally referred to as pantheons, present evidence of having maintained the same forms of burial from the Late Preclassic (Ortices phase) to the Late Classic (Armería phase) and even Postclassic (Chanal). Through archaeological and anthropophysical analysis of individuals recovered from six funerary contexts located in the area of Comala, Colima, we hope to establish a vision of the particular characteristics of the diverse human groups that inhabited this region. This will at the same time define patterns that permit hypotheses concerning population movements that occurred throughout the Jalisco and Colima environments including the valleys that extend onto the slopes of the Snow (Nevado de Colima) and Fire (Volcán de Colima) volcanoes.