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Timeline and Stages (Periods)
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Prehistoric Mesoamerica Time Line1Maps: | Mexico | Guatemala | Belize | El Salvdor | Honduras | Nicaragua | Costa Rica| Other Maps |
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| Dates | Periods | Significant Developments | Major Culture(s) | Major Sites / Phases |
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Aztec Triple Alliance formed |
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A.D. 1400 – 1200 |
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rise of the Aztec empire "Feudal" states |
"Chichimecs" |
"Chichimecs" |
A.D. |
Aztecs reach Valley of Mexico |
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A.D. |
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Toltec states |
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Tula |
| North and Central Gulf | "Totonac"? | El Tajín (burnt ca. 1200) |
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Toltec arrive in Yucatán |
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Terminal |
Classic Maya collapse, |
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A.D. |
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Bonampak murals height of Maya civilization reign of Pacal at Palenque |
"Totonac"? |
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Monte Albán IV Monte Albán III-B El Tajín Remojadas |
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A.D. |
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height of Teotihuacán domination and influence |
Teotihuacán III |
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Copán Tikal Uaxactún Monte Albán IIIb Kaminal- |
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A.D.
A.D.
B.C.
400 |
"Late |
"urban revolution" new social class divisions building of Pyramid of Sun and city planning at Teotihuacán Massive pyramid-building in Mayan lowands spread of Izapan civilization, calendar, writing Isthmian script invention of the Long Count calendar |
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La Mojarra Teotihuacán I - II Early Remojadas Chupícuaro Cuicuilco Monte Albán II - IIIa Santa Clara Chikanel Kaminaljuyú |
400 |
"Middle |
construction of Monte Albán first writing at San José Mogote spread of La Venta Olmec influence Earliest lowland Maya villages |
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Zacatenco Mamon Conchas El Arbolillo |
1,200 |
Early |
Early Olmec influence
on Pacific Coast (spread of San Lorenzo Olmec influence) Early Olmec civilization
at San Lorenzo beginnings of social stratification origins of farming village life, pottery, figurines |
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San
Lorenzo Cuadros Ocós Barra |
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origins of village life, pottery,
figurines ". . . The Preclassic period is quite comparable to the Neolithic |
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incipient agriculture some signs of fixed settlement extinction of many animals |
"Desert Culture" |
Tehuacán Santa Marta Tamaulipas caves and rockshelters Oaxaca Archaic |
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big game hunting nomadic foraging fishing |
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Tehuacán -- Ajuereado Tamaulipas -- Diablo Tamaulipas -- La Perra Sta. Isabel Iztapan Tepexpán Tequixquiac Tlapacoya Valsequillo |
1After Willey, Gordon R., and Philip Phillips. Method and Theory in American Archaeology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1958. And "Chronological Table of Mesoamerican Archaeology," by David K. Jordan.
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