Global InformationChantuto Archaeological Site information
The Chantuto Archaeological Site is located in the Soconusco region of coastal Chiapas state, Mexico. The Chantuto were the ancient people who belonged to the coastal region of Southwestern Mexico, west of the modern town of Escuintla, Chiapas, dating back to between 5500-1500 BC (7500-3500 before present).
Chantuto people relied mainly on the diet of clams and fish. The sites that are linked to the Chantuto people hold the most evidence towards this theory as they consist of mainly clam shell remains, which have formed piles along five different lagoon archaeological sites.[1]
Chantuto culture was followed by the Barra culture and then the Mokaya people.
- ^ Barbara Voorhies, Coastal Collectors in the Holocene: The Chantuto People of Southwest Mexico.