Alamamas

The Alamamas were an Indigenous people of the mountain country southeast of the Laguna de Mayrán, among the desert basins of the Nazas region. They belonged to the peoples known as Irritila or Laguneros, whose country included the lakes and river courses of the region. Spanish accounts distinguished the Alamamas from the neighboring Ochoes and noted a distinctive manner of arranging their hair high on the head. The mountains around the lagoon formed part of a homeland quite different from the open waters and marshes below.