Mixtón War
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The Mixtón War (1540-1542) was a rebellion by the Caxcan people of northwestern Mexico against the Spanish conquerors. The war was named after Mixtón, a hill in Zacatecas which served as an Indigenous stronghold.
Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza and Tlaxcalans battle with the Caxcanes
Francisco Tenamaztle, indigenous leader in the Mixtón War, statue on the main square of Nochistlán de Mejía, Zacatecas
The death of Pedro de Alvarado is pictured at the top left. The indigenous leader Francisco Tenamaztle faces Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza at the bottom left.
Jalisco
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Jalisco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in western Mexico and is bordered by six states, Nayarit, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Michoacán, and Colima. Jalisco is divided into 125 municipalities, and its capital and largest city is Guadalajara.
Guachimontones archaelogical site, built and inhabited by the Teuchitlán culture from 300 BCE to 450 CE.
Jaliscan ceramic warrior, c. 100 BCE to 150 CE.
Depiction of the conquest of Jalisco by Spaniard Cristóbal de Olid and his Tlaxcalan allies, as depicted in the Lienzo de Tlaxcala of 1522.
Monument to Beatriz Hernández, a Spanish settler who helped establish the city of Guadalajara in 1542.