This archaeological site is possible to be acceded by different means of transport
* Through urban bus lines, which can be approached in almost any point of the city and they are interconnected through different routes. The ones that bypass this site are those that circulate on the second peripheral ring (Felipe Sevilla and Tecnológico avenues).
* Also it can be acceded by taxi
* Or in particular automobile taking Felipe Sevilla del RÃo street (second peripheral ring) and continuing in direction to the urban zone of the city of Villa de Ãlvarez towards Tecnológico avenue, that is continuation of the previous one. There are tourist signalings of the site
* In addition, there are tourist guides and operators that offer within their routes the visit to this archaeological site.
The Bell (La Campana) is a singular establishment; and in it are pronounced typical characteristics of the center of México and those of an own cultural tradition. Well-known by the colimenses since immemorial time and recognized as an archaeological zone in 1917, it was in 1994 when the rescue and conservation works began. Although it was open to the public in 1996
The archeologists have found vestiges that allow them to suppose that the site was populated since 1.500 b.C.; nevertheless, the constructions that at the moment are appraised correspond to a very later stage. It is calculated that they were made around century IX. Because of its dimensions (that exceed the 50 hectares) and characteristics it can be affirmed that it is an important establishment, the pre-Columbian nucleus of greater population known in the Mexican west, because in it have been found almost fifty structures and fifteen plazas, all united by ample roads. The consolidated area includes several platforms and a portable altar with stairs in its four flanks, oriented towards the cardinal points
When excavating the north platformâs floor, it was discovered â in the manner of offering â a circle formed by small mud frogs painted in blue, and under it a perron that leads to a flue tomb. Other offerings and tombs have been found in the Bell, but this finding in particular was significant, because it is known that were buildings constructed in other regions of Mesoamerica to serve as mausoleums - like the Temple de la Cruz in Palenque -, but this is the first one detected in the west. Inside the tomb there were found the remains of an adult skeleton accompanied by containers and other ceramic objects
A peculiar characteristic of the architecture of the Bell and other neighboring archaeological zones like the Chanal, is the use of smooth pebbles as almost the only construction material. By some specific remains found, we know that the walls were plastered with colored, polished, and apparently hardened with the fire mud. A system of pluvial drainage, consisting of stone channels covered with stonewares, demonstrates the high level of urbanization that their constructors reached
The legend tells that in 1.100 a.C. a group coming from the center of México arrived to the skirts of volcanos of Colima, which owned a cultural legacy intimately bound to the tolteca tradition. Due to their fighting spirit and their commercial vocation, these groups dominated, in the short term, the settlers of the region. By means of mechanisms derived from the ideological and military control, these groups imposed an economic structure that privileged the production of goods destined to the interchange and the dominion of the commercial routes.
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