File: <ethnic4.htm> <Navigate to American Archeology>
PERIODS OF MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS 1
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DATES (approx.) -------------- >1800 BC 1200 BC -- 400 BC---- 150 AD---- 600 AD---- 900 AD---- 1200 AD--- 1521 AD--- |
PERIOD ---------------- Archaic ---------------- Early Preclassic ---------------- Middle Preclassic ---------------- Late Preclassic ---------------- Early Classic ---------------- Late Classic ---------------- Early Post-Classic ---------------- Late Post-Classic ---------------- |
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS --------------------------- Abejas Purron? -------------------------- Nevada-Tlalpan Tlatilco (Manantial & Ayotla) ------------------------- El Arbolillo Chalcatzingo Zactenco --------------------------- Ticomán Cuicuilco Chupícuaro Teotihuacan I Tzacualli --------------------- Teotihuacan II Miccaotli Teotihuacan III Xolapan-Tlamimilolpa --------------------------- Metepec Coyotlatelco --------------------------- Mazapan Tollan --------------------------- "Feudal" states --------------------------- |
NORTH & CENTRAL GULF ------------------------ ------------------------ El Trapiche ------------------------ Mogote ------------------------ Early Remojadas ---------------------- Classic Veracruz Late Remojadas ------------------------ El Tajín ------------------------ ------------------------ Isla de Sacrificios ------------------------ |
SOUTHERN GULF COAST --------------------------- --------------------------- Ojochi Bajío Chicharras San Lorenzo A San Lorenzo B --------------------------- Nacaste La Venta --------------------------- Early Tres Zapotes La Mojarra --------------------------- Cerro de las Mesas Late Tres Zapotes --------------------------- Villa Alta --------------------------- --------------------------- Independent states --------------------------- |
OAXACA ---------------------- Oaxaca Archaic Gheo-Shih -------------------------------- Tierras Largas San José -------------------------------- Guadalupe Rosario Monte Albán I -------------------------------- Monte Albán II -------------------------------- Monte Albán III-A -------------------------------- Monte Albán III-B Monte Albán IV ------------------------------- -------------------------------- Monte Albán V
(Mitla, Mixtec states) -------------------------------- |
CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS --------------------------------- Early agriculture, hunting, fishing, gathering. Village life, pottery, figurines -------------------------------------------- Early Olmec civilization at San Lorenzo. Spread of San Lorenzo Olmec influence ----------------------------------------- Spread of La Venta Olmec influence. First writing at San José Monte Albán constructed. ----------------------------------------- Long Count calendar invented. Pyramid of Sun built & cities planned at Teotihuacan. Isthmian script developed. ----------------------------------------- Teotihuacan influence maximum. ----------------------------------------- Teotihuacan destroyed Toltec state ----------------------------------------- Aztecs arrive in Valley of Mexico Aztecs form a Triple Alliance. Spanish Conquest & destruction of Tenochtitlan. |
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1/ (modified from
Coe 1994).