Paquime Pottery Mexico is Unique to Casas Grandes Ruin with Diverse Influences.
Paquime is also called Casas Grandes similar to the nearby town of the same name.
Casas Grandes (Great Houses) is located 35 miles south of Janos and 150 northwest of Chihuahua. This is an
area about 100 miles south of the US Border.
First class buses stop at the town of Nuevo Casas Grandes and from there you can take a 70 pesos cab ride to
Viejo Casas Grandes where the ruin and museum is located. Local bus service also makes the trip.
Pequime was built beginning around 1130 AD and enlarged in the 14th Century by the Mogollon Culture
according to some researchers. The settlement had ties to the Arizona Hohokam Culture and the Anasazi
Culture of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado.
area about 100 miles south of the US Border.
First class buses stop at the town of Nuevo Casas Grandes and from there you can take a 70 pesos cab ride to
Viejo Casas Grandes where the ruin and museum is located. Local bus service also makes the trip.
Pequime was built beginning around 1130 AD and enlarged in the 14th Century by the Mogollon Culture
according to some researchers. The settlement had ties to the Arizona Hohokam Culture and the Anasazi
Culture of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado.
In the mid 1300s Paquime consisted of multi-story dwelling of adobe and stone, primarily
sun baked adobe that had been built up by hand. The influence from Mesoamerica to the
south is evident in the pottery and in the vestiges of three Mesoamerican-style ball courts,
one an I-shaped court. The figure, left, is similar to those found on southern Mexico's
Pacific Coast while the figures above right have geometric designs common to Pueblo
pottery found in the southwestern US.
Paquime manufactured ceramic trade goods that have been found in the southwestern
United States as far north as Colorado. They also manufactured copper bells, shell trade
goods, and turquoise jewelry.
Researchers estimate that 2500 people once lived at Pequime before the settlement was
abandoned in the 1400s about one hundred years before the Spanish arrived in Mexico.
(1519)
sun baked adobe that had been built up by hand. The influence from Mesoamerica to the
south is evident in the pottery and in the vestiges of three Mesoamerican-style ball courts,
one an I-shaped court. The figure, left, is similar to those found on southern Mexico's
Pacific Coast while the figures above right have geometric designs common to Pueblo
pottery found in the southwestern US.
Paquime manufactured ceramic trade goods that have been found in the southwestern
United States as far north as Colorado. They also manufactured copper bells, shell trade
goods, and turquoise jewelry.
Researchers estimate that 2500 people once lived at Pequime before the settlement was
abandoned in the 1400s about one hundred years before the Spanish arrived in Mexico.
(1519)
Paquime Ruin Site, Chihuahua State has yielded pottery that shows influence from
both the pueblo cultures of the southwest Rio Grande and the cultures to the south in
Mesoamerica.
Pequime, commonly called Casas Grandes, is located 150 miles north of the City of
Chihuahua. Pottery was traded from the 10th Century settlement of Paquime on the
trade routes to the north and south.
both the pueblo cultures of the southwest Rio Grande and the cultures to the south in
Mesoamerica.
Pequime, commonly called Casas Grandes, is located 150 miles north of the City of
Chihuahua. Pottery was traded from the 10th Century settlement of Paquime on the
trade routes to the north and south.
Paquime Ruin site Mexico is also called Casas Grandes after the multi story houses found by the first
Spanish to visit the area. The large settlement of adobe buildings was abandoned 100 years before the
Spanish arrived.
Spanish to visit the area. The large settlement of adobe buildings was abandoned 100 years before the
Spanish arrived.
The residents of Paquime raised birds in cages within the complex, possibly the scarlet
Macaw and the domestic turkey. The large settlement of adobe buildings was abandoned
100 years before the Spanish arrived. Early Spanish settlers found multi-story houses still
standing, thus the name Casas Grandes.
Macaw and the domestic turkey. The large settlement of adobe buildings was abandoned
100 years before the Spanish arrived. Early Spanish settlers found multi-story houses still
standing, thus the name Casas Grandes.
Paquime or Casas Grandes looked much like a New Mexico pueblo site during its building stages in the
14th Century as this model in the Paquime museum shows.
14th Century as this model in the Paquime museum shows.
Paquime Pottery Mexico is Unique to Casas Grandes Ruin and shows Diverse Influences from
both Mesoamerica to the south and to the Rio Grande Pueblo culture to the north. Geometrics
and Anthropormophics highlight Paquime's ceramic pottery.
both Mesoamerica to the south and to the Rio Grande Pueblo culture to the north. Geometrics
and Anthropormophics highlight Paquime's ceramic pottery.
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