Archaeological sites in Guerrero

right|300px|thumb|Painting 1 from Juxtlahuaca.

municipal seat of Ixcateopan, State of Guerrero, Mexico

400px|right|thumb|The sunken patio El Recinto 400px|right|thumb|One of the four massive Olmec-style monoliths that greet visitors to El Recinto (the Sunken Patio). Teopantecuanitlan is an archaeological site in the Mexican state of Guerrero that represents an unexpectedly early development of complex society for the region. The site dates to the Early to Middle Formative Periods, with the archaeological evidence indicating that some kind of connection existed between Teopantecuanitlan and the Olmec heartland of the Gulf Coast. Prior to the discovery of Teopantecuanitlan in the early 1980s, lit

Cuetlajuchitlán is a Mesoamerican archaeological site located 3 kilometers southeast of Paso Morelos, in the northeast of the Mexican state of Guerrero.

right|400px|thumb|Xochipala in relation to other Formative Period archaeological sites Xochipala is a minor archaeological site in the Mexican state of Guerrero, whose name has become attached, somewhat erroneously, to a style of Formative Period figurines and pottery from 1500 to 200 BCE. The archaeological site is much later and belongs to the Classic and Postclassic eras, approximately 200–1400 CE.

thumb|270px|Oxtotitlán in relation to the major Formative Era sites showing Olmec influences in the archaeological record. thumb|270px|A plan of the Oxtotitlán grottos, showing the locations of the various paintings. The yellow lines represent the grotto entrances, while the brown lines show grotto walls. thumb|270px|An artist's rendition of painting 1-D, showing the outline of a ruler and rearing jaguar. Oxtotitlán is a natural rock shelter and archaeological site in Chilapa de Álvarez, Mexican state of Guerrero that contains murals linked to the Olmec motifs and iconography. Along with the n