Olankhula chilankhulo cha Huasteca adapanga, kuyambira nthawi zakale, chikhalidwe chofunikira chomwe chinawasiyanitsa ndi anthu ena omwe amakhala ku Mexico isanachitike.
Adasankha monga malo awo gawo lakumpoto la dera lalikulu lotchedwa Gulf Coast. Izi zitha kugawika bwino ngati titenga malire, kumwera, mtsinje wa Cazones -Veracruz- ndipo, kumpoto, mtsinje wa Soto la Marina -Tamulipas-; kum'mawa imadutsa Gulf of Mexico ndipo kumadzulo idakhala ndi zigawo zikuluzikulu zamayiko aku San Luis Potosí, Querétaro ndi Hidalgo.
Tikayendera ngodya ya Mexico tidzapeza madera anayi azachilengedwe: gombe, chigwa cha m'mphepete mwa nyanja, chigwa ndi phiri, iliyonse ili ndi mawonekedwe ake a zomera ndi nyengo. Ngakhale pali kusiyana kumeneku, tikuyamikira kuti a Huastecos adasinthiratu bwino mwanjira iliyonse, ndikupeza zachilengedwe zonse zofunikira pakukhala. M'madera anayi adasiya maumboni, zomwe zimatsimikizika makamaka ndi milu yambiri yokumba yomwe dzina lake lotchuka m'derali ndi la "cues".
Malinga ndi akatswiri azilankhulo, zomwe zimadziwika kuti Protomaya zilankhulo zitha kupangidwa zaka masauzande angapo zapitazo, pomwe zilankhulo zonse za Mayan ndi Huastec zimachokera. Nkhaniyi yadzetsa zokambirana zambiri komanso njira zongoyerekeza. Ena amaganiza kuti omwe adakhazikika koyamba m'malo mwawo anali a Huastecos, kenako ma Mayan, ndikuti mlatho wapakati pawo udawonongedwa patadutsa zaka mazana angapo ndi miphatidwe yazilankhulo ndi chikhalidwe cha a Nahuas ndipo, makamaka , a Totonacs, amenenso ankakhala m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Veracruz.
Monga anthu ena onse aku Mesoamerica, a Huastec adakhazikitsa chikhalidwe chawo potengera chuma chosakanikirana chomwe chimakhala ulimi wolimba kutengera chimanga ndi masamba ena, monga nyemba ndi sikwashi. Zinali momwemo ku Sierra de Tamaulipas komwe wofukula mabwinja Richard Mac Neish adapeza m'mapanga ena maumboni osonyeza kusintha kwa kulima ndi kulima chimanga, zomwe zikuwonetsa kuti mwina zinali m'chigawo cha Huasteca pomwe amwenye akale anali ndi chimanga koyamba monga tikudziwira lero.
Kuchokera ku kafukufuku wamabwinja tidziwa kuti alimi oyamba, mwina ochokera ku Otomí, adakhazikika m'mbali mwa Mtsinje wa Pánuco ndi chikhalidwe chawo kuyambira cha m'ma 2500 BC. Kuyambira, mwina, kuyambira 1500 BC, a Huastecs adafika, omwe adamanga zipinda zosavuta zamatope ndi bajereque. Anapanganso mbale zambiri zadothi lowotcha, zomwe zidagawidwa ndi miyambo ya ceramic; omwe amafanana ndi nthawi yoyambirirayi adalandira gawo la Pavón. Gululi limagawika zidebe zofiira kapena zoyera zomwe zimakhala ndi zokongoletsa zokongola ndipo mawonekedwe ake amafanana ndi miphika yokhala ndi matupi ozungulira kapena miphika yokhala ndi matupi ngati mawonekedwe kapena magawo omwe amakumbukira mawonekedwe amphongo.
Kuphatikiza pa miphika iyi yomwe imapanga tebulo lotchedwa "chitsulo patsogolo", tili ndi tebulo "yoyera yoyera", pomwe mawonekedwe ofunikira kwambiri ndi mbale zotsika-pansi ndipo zokongoletsera zake zimakhala ndi kukhomerera potengera mabwalo opangidwa, zikuwoneka, pogwiritsa ntchito mabango.
Munthawi ya mapangidwe a zoumbaumba, amisiri a Huastec adapanga mafano ambiri omwe ndi gawo la miyambo yayikulu yaku Mesoamerica koma omwe amadziwika ndi maso awo olongoka, mitu yawo ili ndi mphumi zowoneka bwino zosonyeza kupindika komwe kumachitika. kuyambira nthawi zoyambirira ndipo, nthawi zambiri, mikono ndi miyendo yaying'ono kapena sanatchulidwepo pagulu lonselo.
Kwa Román Piña Chán, chikhalidwe chowona cha Huasteca chidayamba mozungulira 200 BC. Pofika nthawi yomwe olankhula chilankhulochi anali atakhala kale ndi gawo la Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro ndi Veracruz, ndipo ngakhale sanakhazikitse gulu lalikulu lazandale, zilankhulo zawo ndi zikhalidwe zawo zimawapatsa mgwirizano wogwirizana womwe amakumana nawo choyamba ndi a Nahuas kenako a ku Spain komwe amachokera ku mafuko ena amasiku ano.
Akatswiri ofufuza zinthu zakale amati chikhalidwe cha Huasteca chisanachitike ku Spain chimagawika m'magawo asanu ndi limodzi kapena magawo omwe amatha kupezeka chifukwa cha kusiyanasiyana komwe kumachitika ndi ziwiya zadothi zomwe anthu omwe anenawo amagwiritsa ntchito. Chikhalidwe chomwe chikugwirizana ndi kusinthaku ndi ichi: Upper Preclassic kuyambira 0 mpaka 300 AD, Classic, kuyambira 300 mpaka 900 AD, ndi Postclassic, yomwe imakhala kuyambira 900 mpaka 1521. Momwe chisinthiko cha ceramic chidatsimikizika bwino mu Dera la Pánuco, magawo amenewa amatchedwa ndi mtsinjewo.
Munthawi yopanga kapena kumapeto kwa Preclassic (100 mpaka 300 AD) ndipamene kukula kwa chikhalidwe cha Huasteca kudayamba, kutengera miyambo yoyambirira ya ceramic, ndipo ndipamene pomwe owumbayo amafotokoza za "Black Prisco", zomwe zimaphatikizapo mbale za silhouette wapawiri, mbale zosavuta ndi ma grooves, komanso mbale zamiyendo itatu ndi zotengera zokongoletsedwa ndi zomwe zimatchedwa luso lojambula la fresco. Tilinso ndi ziwiya zoumbaumba za "Pánuco gris", zomwe mawonekedwe ake amafanana ndi miphika yokhala ndi zokumbira ndi miphika yokongoletsedwa ndi njira yosindikiza nsalu; Pafupi ndi izi pali masipuni oyera oyera odziwika omwe amapangidwa ndi zigwiriro zazitali kapena othandizira.
