Zacateco

The Zacatecos (or Zacatecas) are an indigenous group, one of the peoples called Chichimecas by the Aztecs.

The Zacatecos as a culture have vanished or faded, due to assimilation and mestizaje of the Mexican people.

To the north their land bordered that of the Irritilas or Laguna tribes, up to were Cuencamé and Parras are located.

Their principal population centers were in Malpaís, around Peñón Blanco, and around the Cerro de la Bufa.

Juan Bautista de Pomar commented, "In the opinion of men experienced in foreign lands, the Zacatecos are the best archers in the world."

Some tribes did in fact have temples dedicated to some kind of worship in the southwestern part of the state of Zacatecas.