Regional evolution and political borders: Current Salvadoran territory
Throughout history, the current department of Freedom has perceived a long occupation human. Is considered one of the most important territories from the country, given the territorial extension that forms its Pacific coast and its essentiality within population activity through human mobility. His historicity It goes back to very remote periods of approximately 1,500 years old.
There are archaeological evidence about an occupation to The classical period (600d.c - 900 A.D.), on the site called "Painted Stone", also known as "Los Petronrados of San José Villanueva ”. However; the region He received a greater population from the postclassic period (900 A.D. - 1525 A.D.), since the first migratory movements within the southeast portion of Mesoamerica, particularly in the coastal region of current Salvadoran territory by affiliation groups Ethnic Nahua-Pipil, from the central highlands of Mexico.
Petrogravados of the Piedra Pintada Archaeological Site, San José Villanueva, Freedom, El Salvador. Taken from: Philippe Costa and Perrot Minot, 2007
For the first half of the s. XVI, with the forced intrusion of
Europeans and indigenous allies, there was a series of rebellions
organized by the native groups of the area. One of
They occurred in the third decade of the s. XVI in the old
Peñol de Cinacantán (also known as Cinacantlán or
Viejo Pueblo), which had as its main purpose resist
to the conquerors and prevent indigenous territorial expropriation
as well as the domain of local resources by
the Spanish.
Coat of arms granted by Carlos V for the host in the Peñal de Cinacantlán or Pueblo Viejo. Taken from: Barón Castro, 1996.
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the region was known by the activity agricultural that allowed worldwide recognition due to its commercial potential. Administratively, The region was made up of curates, parties and intentions attached to the historic kingdom of Guatemala. Early of s. XIX Central American independence is conceived, whose result is perceived in the current geopolitical division.
