Two Guerrero settlements survived decades after Spanish conquest, INAH finds

Archaeologists from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have identified two settlements in Guerrero's Costa Grande region—Camutla and Sacualpan—that remained inhabited for decades after the Spanish conquest. Mentioned in 16th-century historical sources, the sites survived until the closing decades of that century. The discoveries were made during an inspection tied to infrastructure projects under the Michoacán Plan for Peace and Justice. The remains offer new evidence on how Indigenous communities reorganized, adapted, and eventually disappeared under early colonial rule.