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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Conchalito Alternative Name: El ConchalitoCountry: Mexico
NOTE: This site is 2229.112 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Conchalito
Latitude: 24.144375N Longitude: 110.342216W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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The Conchalito site is known for double inhumation in their burial areas. The semi-nomadic group marked burials with beds of shell for the remains, and a specimen shell as either a grave good or marker. After the remains had partially decayed, the body was removed, disjointed, and returned to the grave.
This cultural practice occurred approximately 2300 years ago, but the burial technique continued after the Spanish conquest. Researchers from the National Institute of Anthropology and History have used historic recordings of this practice to deduce that religious significance was common to the pre-Hispanic people, just as the archaeological remains show the continuity of the burial practice.
The site has also revealed stone tools such as projectile heads, knives, and fishing harpoons, as well as food remains of seed, edible plants and shells of mollusks.
The location given is only approximate.
Note: More information on Unique 'Double' Burial Custom in Pre-Hispanic Mexico. See comments.
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