24 de Mayo de 2013

First inhabitants of Nuevo León

The first inhabitants of Nuevo León were tribes in what are now the municipalities of Monterrey, Cadereyta Jiménez and Cerralvo.

There were around 250 tribes in what are now the municipalities of Monterrey, Cadereyta Jiménez and Cerralvo. Most members of these tribes were hunters who depended on bows, arrows and knives.

The names given to them by European settlers were based on the distinctive characteristics and features of each tribe and the area they occupied.


Tribe

Territory

Amapoalas

Doctor González

Ayancuaras

Los Ramones

Bozalos o Negritos

Aramberri and General Zaragoza

Cuanaales

Arround Salinas river

Catujanes o Catujanos

Near Lampazos

Gualagüises

Hualahuises

Gualeguas

Agualeguas

Gualiches

Doctor González



A few municipalities are named after the tribes that inhabited the place. Hualahuises and Agualeguas refer to the Hualagüises and Gualeguas tribes, respectively.


Materials and weapons

Bows were made with mezquite roots and agave fibers Arrowheads and kniveswere made of sharpened rock tied to wooden handles.


Clothing

Their clothing was simple, made with readily available materials.

Woven grass and deer skin were used by women. Men would go mostly naked, but occasionaly wore huarache-type sandals.


Food

The staple foods of the first inhabitants and tribes were meat, cactus, cactus fruit (tuna) and mezquite. They barbequed their meals in pits when cleberating speacial occasions.


Archeological sites and remains


Muncipality

Site

Parás

Pediment of rock engravings

General Treviño y Agualeguas

Piedra Parada

Doctor González

Cerro del Fraile

Sierra de Papagayos

Altamira

Los Ramones

los del Paso del Indio

Cadereyta Jiménez

Villa Vieja

China

La Ceja , burial places

General Terán

Monte Huma, Loma de Barbecho and loma del Muerto

Linares

Sabinitos and Trinidad

Santa Catarina

Guitarritas

García

Nacataz, Icamole, Fierros and Cueva Ahumada

Mina

Milagro, Delgado, Caricatos, Campana and Presa de Mula

Santiago

Cañón de San Cristóbal

Aramberri

Cueva del Cordel

Mier y Noriega

San Isidro, the only site where ceramic remains have been found

Los Ramones

Puntita Negra, throwing rocks and others

Linares

Sabinito caves

Rayones

La Calzada, throwing rocks and others

Mina

Boca de Potrerillos is the largest archeological site with six Km and 1,000 stones. Considered one of the major archeological sites in Mexico due to its size and age /665-1350 BC.)



Quick facts

Settlement name: Ciudad Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de Monterrey (1596)

Three foundations: 1577 (Alberto del Canto), 1582 (Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva), 1596 (Diego de Montemayor)

Original tribes: Amapoalas, Gualeguas, Catujanes, Gualiches, Ayancuaras

Archeological remains: Arrows, spear, cave paintings and stone engravings

Archeological sites: Boca de Potrerillos, La Calzada, Puntita Negra, la Cueva del Cordel, Villa Vieja

Historical figures: Alfonso Reyes, Fray Servando Teresa de Mier, Israel Cavazos, Doctor José Eleuterio González “Gonzalitos”, Pablo Livas

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