There are few integral studies of the iconography produced by the Chalchihuites culture in its diverse expressions. In our research, therefore, we set out to analyze two main issues; first, to reach a definition of the petroglyph complex that is manifested in various sites around the Guadiana Valley, a central place for Chalchihuites culture in Durango; and, second, to relate the iconography present in Chalchihuites ceramics to those petroglyphs, which, we argue, are clearly interrelated, and so establish the bases for the integral study of the graphic expressions created by these groups along the northern frontier of Mesoamerica. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]