Madera ena a Durango ndi kumwera kwa Sinaloa anali m'nthawi zisanachitike ku Spain madera akumpoto kwambiri a dera lotchedwa "West" la "Mesoamerica".
Komabe, pomwe dera la Sinaloa limakhala mosalekeza ndi magulu azolimo komanso okhala pansi, a Durango adasintha kwambiri. Ndipo ndikuti dera lakum'mawa kwa Durango ndi louma kwambiri, chifukwa chake sizinali zoyenera kuti magulu azolima komanso okhalamo azikhalamo. Mosiyana ndi izi, kumadzulo, Sierra Madre ndi zigwa zoyandikana zimapereka zachilengedwe zambiri zomwe zimakhazikika m'malo okhazikika, ngakhale kwa anthu omwe sialiulimi.
Titha kugawa mbiri yakale ya ku Spain asanakhaleko m'dera lamapirili m'magawo atatu achikhalidwe: chakale kwambiri cha osaka; nthawi yachiwiri yopitilira patsogolo magulu azolimo ndi omwe amakhala pansi kuchokera kumwera; ndipo pamapeto pake kachitatu pomwe malowa asiyidwa ndipo derali ladzazidwa ndi magulu akumpoto achikhalidwe china.
Nthawi yakale ija, mwa njira yodziwika bwino, imatha kudziwika kutengera zojambula zokongola za m'mapanga zomwe osaka nyama adasiya m'mapanga awo. Munthawi yachiwiri, cha m'ma 600 AD, dera lamapiri la Duranguense lidalamulidwa ndi zikhalidwe zakumwera zochokera ku Zacatecas ndi Jalisco kuchokera ku omwe amatchedwa Chalchihuites Tradition, dzina lomwe limachokera patsamba la dzinali ku Zacatecas.
Matauni ofunikira angapo adayimilira patebulo lalitali ndikumanga nyumba zoyanjana bwino, monga ku Mesa de la Cruz, kapena nyumba zopangidwa mozungulira mabwalo akulu, monga ku Cerro de la Cruz. Malo osiyana ndi La Ferrería, omwe chifukwa chazovuta zake ayenera kuti anali ndi tanthauzo lalikulu pandale.
Kumeneku adamanga nyumba, piramidi ya matupi awiri ndi bwalo lamiyendo, komanso nyumba zina zokhala ndi chidwi chozungulira.
Zambiri zatsala pang'ono kunenedwa za chikhalidwe chaulimi ichi cha Durango ndipo zimangotsalira kwa ife kuti titchule nthawi yachitatu, pomwe malo olimako a chikhalidwe cha a Chalchihuites adasiyidwa mzaka za 13th, ndipo nthawi yomweyo dera lidayambidwa ndi anthu aku miyambo yakumpoto (Sonoran) mwachidziwikire yokhudzana ndi kulowerera kwa Tepehuanes.
