Capacha

Capacha, about 6 kilometers northeast of Colima in western Mexico, is the core site of the Capacha culture, an early Mesoamerican tradition dating roughly from 2000 to 1200 BCE and the earliest known complex cultural development in Colima. Its burials from before 1500 BCE contained finely made ceramics, figurines, and metates that reflect household life, local beliefs, and a distinct western Mexican path. Studied by Isabel Truesdell Kelly in 1939, the site helped define Colima’s cultural sequence. Capacha’s pottery spread widely along the Pacific slope, and evidence such as exotic materials and ceramic similarities has fueled debate about long-distance connections and western Mexico’s formative role in early Mesoamerica.

Colima · Mexico