Is it legal to collect at Tecoman, Mexico: Playa Tecuanillo, swell-exposed pre-Hispanic site?

Prohibited, look only. Mexico Ley Federal sobre Monumentos y Zonas Arqueologicos 1972: all archaeological objects are property of the nation, inalienable; finders must report to INAH, keeping requires registration and removal from a site is a federal crime

What can you find at Tecoman, Mexico: Playa Tecuanillo, swell-exposed pre-Hispanic site?

pre-Hispanic figurine fragments, sherds, vessels, bone (all state property, report, do not remove)

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Tecoman, Mexico

Playa Tecuanillo, swell-exposed pre-Hispanic site

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsProhibited, look only

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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea pottery

Fossils

Also reported: pre-Hispanic figurine fragments, vessels, report, do not remove).

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Pre-Hispanic coastal settlement (500 BCE to 1100 CE) eroding out of the Pacific beach; a 2026 mar de fondo swell exposed over 90 pieces.

UnoTV (Oct 2026) reporting INAH Colima: swell uncovered 90+ pieces (figurine fragments, sherds, a vessel, human and dog bones) at Playa Tecuanillo; residents handed material to INAH archaeologistsView source →