Aztatlan

Aztatlán was a coastal señorío in northwestern Mesoamerica, in the region of northern Nayarit and southern Sinaloa. It consisted of small settlements, including Tecuala and Mexcaltitán, and received tribute from neighboring chiefdoms.

Its population included Cora, Tepehuán and Totorame communities as well as speakers of Nayarita Nahuatl. The coast had been a center of the Aztatlán trading culture, which flourished until about 1350. In 1530 Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán's expedition conquered the region. Chief Corinca entertained the victors with a crocodile fighting a jaguar; Guzmán continued into Sinaloa in 1531.