The town of San Blas Mexico today is a fairly quiet village in Nayarit state on the Pacific coast of Mexico, where tourists can wander the Spanish colonial ruins, such as the late 18th century "Counting House" shown in this photograph.
What you can't see as a tourist (or even as an archaeologist) are the remains of a much older archaeological site, a shell midden dated to the Archaic period circa 2100-1800 BC. That's because the site was destroyed during road construction in the 1960s. Luckily, archaeologist Joseph Mountjoy was able to conduct salvage archaeology at the site before it was gone forever. San Blas is our site of the day, and you should click on through to read all about it.
What you can't see as a tourist (or even as an archaeologist) are the remains of a much older archaeological site, a shell midden dated to the Archaic period circa 2100-1800 BC. That's because the site was destroyed during road construction in the 1960s. Luckily, archaeologist Joseph Mountjoy was able to conduct salvage archaeology at the site before it was gone forever. San Blas is our site of the day, and you should click on through to read all about it.
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Why is San Blas Day celebraed February 3rd?
Well, I don’t know for sure, but according to this Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Blaise
February 3rd is the feast day for St. Blaise, who the town of San Blas is named for. That sounds pretty reasonable to me.
Kris
The photo on this page is not of the Contaduria, but of the Iglesia Rosario de La Marinera, which is located on the same hill, but further down slope.