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                                                            PERIODS OF MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS 1

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    DATES

   (approx.)

 

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>1800 BC

 

 

 

 

 

1200 BC --

 

 

 

 

 

400 BC----

 

 

 

 

 

150 AD----

 

 

 

 

 

 

600 AD----

 

 

 

 

900 AD----

 

 

 

1200 AD---

 

 

 

 

 

1521 AD---

 

 

   PERIOD

 

 

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Archaic

 

 

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Early

Preclassic

 

 

 

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Middle

Preclassic

 

 

 

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Late

Preclassic

 

 

 

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Early Classic

 

 

 

 

 

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Late Classic

 

 

 

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Early Post-Classic

 

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Late Post-Classic

 

 

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      CENTRAL

   HIGHLANDS

 

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Abejas

 

Purron?

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Nevada-Tlalpan

Tlatilco (Manantial

& Ayotla)

 

 

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El Arbolillo

Chalcatzingo

Zactenco

 

 

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Ticomán

Cuicuilco                 

Chupícuaro

Teotihuacan I

Tzacualli

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Teotihuacan II

Miccaotli

 

Teotihuacan III

Xolapan-Tlamimilolpa

 

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Metepec

 

Coyotlatelco

 

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Mazapan

 

Tollan

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"Feudal" states

 

 

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       NORTH &

      CENTRAL

         GULF

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El Trapiche

 

 

 

 

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Mogote

 

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Early Remojadas

 

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Classic Veracruz

 

Late Remojadas

 

 

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El Tajín

 

 

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Isla de Sacrificios

 

 

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        SOUTHERN

       GULF COAST

 

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Ojochi

Bajío

Chicharras

San Lorenzo A

San Lorenzo B

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Nacaste

La Venta

 

 

 

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Early Tres Zapotes

 

 

 

La Mojarra

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Cerro de las Mesas                 

 

Late Tres Zapotes

 

 

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Villa Alta                 

 

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Independent states

 

 

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        OAXACA

 

 

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Oaxaca Archaic

Gheo-Shih

 

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Tierras Largas

San José

 

 

 

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Guadalupe

Rosario

Monte Albán I

 

 

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Monte Albán II

 

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Monte Albán III-A

 

 

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Monte Albán III-B

 

Monte Albán IV

 

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Monte Albán V

  (Mitla, Mixtec states)

 

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          CULTURAL

    DEVELOPMENTS

 

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Early agriculture, hunting,

fishing, gathering.

Village life, pottery, figurines

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Early Olmec civilization at San

Lorenzo.

Spread of San Lorenzo Olmec

influence

 

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Spread of La Venta Olmec

influence.

First writing at San José

Monte Albán constructed.

 

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Long Count calendar invented.

Pyramid of Sun built & cities

planned at Teotihuacan.

Isthmian script developed.

 

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Teotihuacan influence

maximum.

 

 

 

 

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Teotihuacan destroyed

 

 

Toltec state

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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).