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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).