The Pre-History of Western Mexico unveils the rich and dynamic cultural trajectory of a region long overshadowed in Mesoamerican studies. Stretching from the first Paleoindian hunters to the upheavals of Spanish conquest, this pioneering work integrates fifteen chapters of original research to demonstrate that Western Mexico was not a peripheral backwater but a crucible of technological innovation, alternative social organization, and enduring cultural traditions.

Drawing on decades of fieldwork-most notably the Turquoise Project in Jalisco and Nayarit-and the collaborative paradigms developed by Pedro Armillas Garc