Locally it is known as "The Toriles" the name of the land on which it is located. Similarly, the site is registered with the Department of Public Registry of Monuments and Archaeological Areas under the name "The Toriles." Cultural Importance is unique in its kind for having one of the few circular buildings called Mesoamerican area. Is one of the nodal points of the "tradition of the shaft tombs" that developed between 200 BC and 600 AD In that sense, evidence possibly one of the main points of contact between the Americas, north and south. During the so-called Epi and Mesoamerican Postclassic periods, this urban settlement is the main axis of the "Ruta del Cobre" which by way of the Pacific coast, informs the American Southwest today called the regions of central and southern Mesoamerica. It extends over large equipped terraces taking advantage of the terrain slopes, forming at least fourteen architectural ensembles around broad plazas surrounded mainly rectangular bases, for a total of 93 mounds distributed over just over eighty hectares. This open area observed four large squares their respective venues and partially restored into four large sections called A, B, C and D. Section A contains a circular, emblematic of the area and traditionally termed "Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl" the building, mainly for its distinctive circular parapet loopholes in cross-shaped and have found during excavation of the twin altars and staircases with rafters found the remains of battlements shaped snails cut. Also noteworthy in this section called "Building of the reliefs", characterized by its petroglyphs wardrobes and by its steps, sidewalk and front porch and rooms with columns that apparently functioned as the residence of the political elite and / or religious premises.

Services available in the area: It offers services of tour groups, locker, wardrobe, restrooms, parking, and a sitting area

Hours: Monday to Sunday from 09: 00 to 18:00

Contact: Manager Rubén Aguiar Burciaga archaeological site.

Phone 01 (311) 177 -17- 77. Nayarit INAH Center 01 (311) 2 16 30 22.

Recommendation: For service prior to tour solicitud.Se recommended to attend with clothing that covers her head and body from sunlight.

The archaeological site Ixtlán River located at kilometer No. 815 of the International Road Mexico Nogales, in the stretch Guadalajara-Tepic, three kilometers from the town of Ixtlan del Rio. The deviation to arrive at the site is located at kilometer 96.5 on Highway No. 15. It reaches the town of Ixtlan River and crosses the street Just Barajas and follow the road to Tepic Av. Hidalgo (East Axis) . You need to take Federal Highway 15 leading to Tepic.