Tare da kawai ruwan sama na watanni uku ko hudu a shekara, Colima ya iya saduwa da yanayin da ake buƙata don rayuwar ɗan adam saboda yawan rafuka masu zuwa daga ɓangarorin sama na Volcán de Fuego. Bayanai sun nuna cewa mutum ya zauna a cikin wannan kwarin a wajajen 1,500 BC.
Al'adar da aka fi sani da Complejo Capacha al'ummomin noma ne da zaman kashe wando wanda ya haifar da sanannen al'adar kaburbura: ɗakunan gawawwaki inda ake ajiye wadatattun kayan baiko kuma ana samunsu ta hanyar tsaye da zagaye daga 1.20 zuwa 1.40 m a diamita A cikin gidan shakatawa na Tampumachay, a cikin garin Los Ortices, akwai kaburbura uku tare da asalin shaft da rumbuna, da kuma cikin jerin jiragen ruwa da kayan aikin da aka miƙa wa matattu.
Lokacin da addini ya fi nauyi a cikin zamantakewar zamantakewa, daga 600 AD, an fara gina wuraren bikin daga murabba'ai, farfajiyar farfajiyar da dandamali na murabba'i mai girman girma. Theungiyoyin da suka fi yawan gine-gine ba su ci gaba ba sai bayan 900 AD.
Wurin da yafi kyau wakiltar wannan matakin shine La Campana. Babban shiri ne - yankin bikinta ya wuce kadada 50 - tare da jerin dandamali na murabba'i mai faɗi. A saman waɗannan dandamali akwai yankunan da ke da alaƙa da ajiyar hatsi. Hakanan akwai tsarukan tsarin zama masu rikitarwa wanda babu shakka tabbas shugabannin farar hula da na addini ne suka mamaye su.
Fannoni biyu sun yi fice a cikin wannan rukunin yanar gizon: wurin da kaburburan shaft suka haɗu a cikin sararin bukukuwa da kuma kasancewar hadadden hanyar sadarwa ta magudanan ruwa da hanyoyin ruwa.
Wani muhimmin wurin adana kayan tarihi a Colima shine El Chanal, wanda yake kusa da kilomita 6 arewa da garin, wanda tabbas yakai girman kadada 200. Kamar yadda ya fadada zuwa bankunan duka na Kogin Colima, ana kiranta El Chanal Este da El Chanal Oeste. Na biyun, kodayake ba a bincika shi cikakke ba, yana nuna sarkakiya bayyananniya, tunda tana da farfajiya, murabba'i, sifofi, magudanar ruwa da tituna. El Chanal Este, a gefe guda, an ruguza shi sosai saboda garin zamani wanda ke ɗauke da sunansa an kafa shi a kango.
Binciken ya nuna cewa a cikin wurin akwai abubuwa masu nuni na haikalin ninki biyu, tunanin benci-bagade da bagadai-dandamali na ƙananan girma, da kuma adadi mai yawa na zane-zane, zane-zane da kayan agaji na dutse; adadi masu alaƙa da Xantiles; polychrome tukwane da ke yin bayanin mikiya da macizai masu fuka-fukai; kuma a ƙarshe, karfe. Amma abin da ya fi fice game da wannan al'ada shi ne kasancewar al'amuran birni da kasancewar kalandar.
