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Prehistoric Mesoamerica Time Line1Maps: | Mexico | Guatemala | Belize | El Salvdor | Honduras | Nicaragua | Costa Rica| Other Maps | HYPERLINK "" DatesPeriodsSignificant DevelopmentsMajor Culture(s)Major Sites /Phases A.D.1521Spanish Conquest -- fall of Tenochtitlán ?A.D.1521– 1200 ??LatePost-Classic??Aztec Triple Alliance formed??Aztec Empire Mixtec statesTenochtitlán Mayapán Tulum MitlaMonte Albán V YagulA.D.1400–1200 MiddlePost-Classicrise of the Aztec empire"Feudal" states?"Chichimecs"?"Chichimecs"A.D. 1200Aztecs reach Valley of Mexico ?A.D.1200–900 ?EarlyPost-Classicwidespread militarismToltec states?Toltec?Tula(burnt 1156 or 1168) "Toltec" Chichén ItzáNorth and Central Gulf"Totonac"? El Tajín(burnt ca. 1200)ca. A.D.925?Toltec arrive in Yucatán ?to top of page / A-Z indexA.D.925–800?TerminalClassicClassic Maya collapse,Putún ascendancyPuuc, Maya Chichén Itzá ?????A.D.900–600 ?????LateClassic????Bonampak murals height of Maya civilization reign of Pacal at Palenque "Totonac"? El Tajín???ZapotecXochicalcoEdznaCholulaBonampak Monte Albán IV Monte Albán III-B Palenque Uxmal El Tajín(Veracruz)Remojadas(Veracruz)Puucca.A.D.700-650Fall of Teotihuacán???A.D.600–150 / 250???EarlyClassic???height of Teotihuacán domination and influence TeotihuacánosTeotihuacán III???MayaCopán(Yax K'uk Mo') Tikal (Petén)Uaxactún(Petén) Monte Albán IIIb Kaminal-juyú(highland)Esperanza phase ?to top of page / A-Z index???A.D.150 / 250A.D. B.C.400B.C.???????"LatePreclassic"(Formative)?"urban revolution"new social class divisionsbuilding of Pyramid of Sun and city planning at Teotihuacán Massive pyramid-building in Mayan lowands spread of Izapan civilization, calendar, writing Isthmian scriptinvention of the Long Count calendar ???????"Epi-Olmec"?La MojarraTikálTeotihuacán I - II(Tzacualli?) Early Remojadas Chupícuaro Cuicuilco (A.D. 150 destroyed by volcano)Monte Albán II - IIIaIzapan styles Santa Clara Chikanel KaminaljuyúMiraflores PhaseTicomán???400–1,200B.C. ???"MiddlePreclassic(Formative)?construction of Monte Albán first writing at San José Mogote spread of La Venta Olmec influenceEarliest lowland Maya villages ???"Olmec"Monte Albán I ZacatencoChalcatzingo La Venta Mamon Conchas El Arbolillo Xe???1,200–1,800?B.C.??? HYPERLINK "" \l "EPC" EarlyPreclassic(Formative)Early Olmec influence on Pacific Coast(spread of San Lorenzo Olmec influence) Early Olmec civilization at San Lorenzobeginnings of social stratificationorigins of farming village life, pottery, figurines ???"Pre-Olmec"?San Lorenzo(Veracruz)Tlatilco San José Mogote Cuadros Cuello Ocós Barra ?to top of page / A-Z indexca.1,800origins of village life, pottery, figurines". . . The Preclassic period is quite comparable to the Neolithicof the Old World. . . . " (Coe, Mexico, 1994, p. 41) ???ca.1,800–ca.7,000B.C.????Archaic??incipient agriculture some signs of fixed settlementextinction of many animals??"Desert Culture"(North America)?Tehuacán Purrón Phase?Abejas PhaseCoxcàtlan PhaseEl Riego Phase Santa Marta Tlapacoya Tamaulipas caves and rockshelters Oaxaca Archaic Belize Archaic (e.g., Cuello) ??ca.7,000– ca.13,000 ??B.C. ???Early Hunters (Paleo-Indian) ("Lithic")??big game huntingnomadic foragingfishing??Early HuntersClovisTehuacán -- AjuereadoTamaulipas -- 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.?to top of page / A-Z index? 1998 - 2009 Timothy G. RoufsPage URL: /cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/ma_timeline.html Last Modified Wednesday, 13-Feb-2008 11:42:24 CSTSite Information ~ Main A-Z Index1,697,752 View Stats?? ................
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