Ezinye izindawo zaseDurango naseningizimu yeSinaloa kwakukhona ezikhathini zangaphambi kweSpanishi izifunda ezisenyakatho kakhulu zezindawo ezibizwa ngokuthi "iNtshonalanga" ze "Mesoamerica".
Kodwa-ke, ngenkathi isifunda saseSinaloa sasihlala ngokuhlala ngamaqembu ezolimo nawokuhlala phansi, uDurango wenza ushintsho olukhulu kakhulu. Futhi ukuthi isifunda esisempumalanga yeDurango somile ngokwedlulele, ngakho-ke besingakaze sisize amaqembu ezolimo ahlala lapho. Ngokuphambene nalokho, entshonalanga, iSierra Madre kanye nezigodi ezihlanganayo kunikela ngezinhlobonhlobo zemifucumfucu yemvelo evumelana nemiphakathi ezinzile, ngisho nabantu abangewona ezolimo.
Singahlukanisa umlando wangaphambi kweSpanishi walesi sifunda sezintaba sibe yizikhathi ezintathu zamasiko amakhulu: endala kakhulu yabazingeli-abaqoqi; inkathi yesibili yentuthuko enkulu yamaqembu ezolimo nawokuhlala phansi avela eningizimu; futhi ekugcineni okwesithathu lapho lezo zindawo zezolimo zishiywa futhi isifunda sihlaselwa amaqembu asenyakatho avela kolunye usiko lwamasiko.
Leso sikhathi sasendulo, ngendlela engaziwa kahle kangako, singakhonjwa ngokuya ngemidwebo yemigede ethokozisayo abashiye abazingeli abayishiya emihumeni yabo. Ngesikhathi sesibili, cishe ngonyaka ka-600 AD, indawo enezintaba iDuranguense yenziwa amakoloni ngamasiko aseningizimu eZacatecas kanye neJalisco okwakuthiwa amaCalchihuites Tradition, igama elisuselwa endaweni yalelo gama eZacatecas.
Amadolobha amaningana abalulekile ayemi ematafuleni aphakeme futhi akha izindlu ezilinganayo ezingunxande, njengaseMesa de la Cruz, noma izindlu ezihlelwe zizungeze ama-patio amakhulu, njengaseCerro de la Cruz. Isiza esihluke ngokuphelele yiLa Ferrería, okuthi ngenxa yokuba yinkimbinkimbi kwayo kumele ngabe saba nokubaluleka okukhulu kwezepolitiki.
Lapho bakha izindlu zezindlu, iphiramidi yomzimba emibili nenkundla yebhola, kanye nezinye izakhiwo ezifuna ukwazi ezinecebo eliyindilinga.
Kuningi okusazoshiwo ngalezi zinkambiso zezolimo zaseDurango futhi kusalokhu kuphela kithi ukuthi sibheke okwesithathu, lapho lezo zindawo zezolimo zesiko lamaCalchihuites zashiywa ngekhulu le-13, futhi ngasikhathi sinye isifunda sahlaselwa ngabantu besiko lasenyakatho (Sonoran) ngokusobala ehambisana nokungena kwamaTepehuanes.
