Mesoamerican chronology

c. mid 2nd century - early 10th century Teotihuacan grows to a metropolis and its empire dominates Mesoamerica. The greatest era of the cities of the Maya southern lowlands, such as Tikal, Palenque, and Copán. The Classic Era ended earlier in Central Mexico, with the fall of Teotihuacan around the 7th century, than it did in the Maya area, which continued for centuries more. The late period of continued Maya devel ...

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Mesoamerican chronology, Mesoamerican chronology - Paleo-Indian Period, Mesoamerican chronology - Archaic Era, Mesoamerican chronology - Pre-Classic Era, Mesoamerican chronology - Classic Era, Mesoamerican chronology - Post-Classic Era

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Chronology is the science of locating events in time. An arrangement of events, from either earliest to latest or the reverse, is also called a chronology or, particularly when involving graphical elements, a timeline (for an example see Detailed logarithmic timeline). See also Chronicle. Unlike chronometry (i.e. timekeeping), which is part of physics, chronology (i.e. arithmetic of time), as the science of localizi ...

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Becán is the name of an ancient Maya site. Becán is located near the center of the Yucatán Peninsula, in the state of Campeche, Mexico, about 150 km north of Tikal. Archeological evidence shows that Becán was occupied in the middle Pre-Classic period (see: Mesoamerican chronology), about 550 BC, and grew to a major population and ceremonial center a few hundred years later in the late Preclassic. The population and scale of construction declined in the early classic (c 250), although it was still a significant site, ...

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Ancient Mesoamerican agriculture dates to the Archaic period of Mesoamerican chronology (8000-2000 BC). During this period, many of the hunter gatherer micro-bands in the region began to cultivate wild plants. The cultivation of these plants probably started out as creating known areas of fall back, or starvation foods, near seasonal camps, that the band could rely on when hunting was bad, or when there was a drought. The plants could have been brought purposely, or by accident. The former could have been done by bringing a wild plant ...

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• Ancient Mesoamerican agriculture - Crops
• Ancient Mesoamerican agriculture - Land Use

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Cival is an archaeological site in the Petén department of Guatemala, formerly a major city of the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization. The site flourished from about the 6th century BC through the 1st century, during the Maya Pre-Classic Period (see: Mesoamerican chronology). It may have had a peak population of some 10,000 people. The site is about 25 miles (40 km) east of Tikal, on a r ...

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The origin of maize is still not completely known. Richard MacNeish has done an extensive archaeological survey of Mesoamerica, and determined that the most likely place for the first cultivation for maize was probably in the Tehuacan Valley around 5000 BC. However, how maize arrived at this point, or how it was originally cultivated is still a mystery. Teosinte has been proposed as the ancestor of maize, but teosinte looks nothing like modern maize, and many molecular botanists do not agree with this theory. The origin of maize aside, it be ...

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Ancient Mesoamerican agriculture, Ancient Mesoamerican agriculture - Crops, Ancient Mesoamerican agriculture - Land Use

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In the Guatemalan highlands the Mayan language with the largest population, K'iche' (earlier spelled Quiché), is spoken by more than two million speakers (Ethnologue 2004). This language is the language in which the famous Maya mythological document the Popol Wuj was written. It is centered around the towns Chichicastenango and Quetzaltenango, and in the Cuchumatán Highlands. The K'iche' culture was at its p ...

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Mayan languages, Mayan languages - Note on terminology, Mayan languages - Overview, Mayan languages - Language families, Mayan languages - Relation to Mesoamerican writing

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In the Guatemalan highlands the Mayan language with the largest population, K'iche' (earlier spelled Quiché), is spoken by more than two million speakers (Ethnologue 2004). This language is the language in which the famous Maya mythological document the Popol Wuj was written. It is centered around the towns Chichicastenango, Quetzaltenango and in the Cuchumatán Highlands. The K'iche' culture was at its p ...

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Mayan languages, Mayan languages - Note on terminology, Mayan languages - Overview, Mayan languages - Language families, Mayan languages - Relation to Mesoamerican writing

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The pre-Columbian Maya civilization developed and used an intricate and versatile writing system which, out of the various historical Mesoamerican scripts known, displays the highest degree of correspondence to a spoken language. Earlier-established civilizations to the west and north of the Maya homelands also had scripts which are recorded in surviving inscriptions, such as those of the Zapotec, Olmec, as well as the Zoque-speaking peoples of the southern Veracruz - western Chiapas area. There is however insufficent available evidence to d ...

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Mayan languages, Mayan languages - Note on terminology, Mayan languages - Overview, Mayan languages - Language families, Mayan languages - Relation to Mesoamerican writing

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10th century - 16th century. Collapse of many of the great nations and cities of the Classic Era, although some continue, such as in Oaxaca, Cholula, and the Maya of Yucatán, such as at Chichen Itza and Uxmal. This is sometimes seen as a period of increased chaos and warfare. The Toltec for a time dominate central Mexico in the 11th - 13th century, then collapse. The northern Maya are for a time united under Mayapan. The Aztec Empire rises in the early 15th century and seems on the path to asserting a dominance over the whole region not seen since Teotihuacan, when Mesoamerica ...

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Mesoamerican chronology, Mesoamerican chronology - Paleo-Indian Period, Mesoamerican chronology - Archaic Era, Mesoamerican chronology - Pre-Classic Era, Mesoamerican chronology - Classic Era, Mesoamerican chronology - Post-Classic Era

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c. 20th century BC - 2nd century AD The start of nation-states. The first large scale ceremonial architecture, development of cities. The development and flourishing of the Olmec civilization at such sites as La Venta and San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán. Early Zapotec and Maya civilization. Important early Maya cities include El Mirador and Cival. Also called the Formative Period. ...

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Mesoamerican chronology, Mesoamerican chronology - Paleo-Indian Period, Mesoamerican chronology - Archaic Era, Mesoamerican chronology - Pre-Classic Era, Mesoamerican chronology - Classic Era, Mesoamerican chronology - Post-Classic Era

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c. 8,000 BC - 20th century BC The development of agriculture in the region. Permanent villages established. Late in this era, use of pottery and loom weaving becomes common. ...

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Mesoamerican chronology, Mesoamerican chronology - Paleo-Indian Period, Mesoamerican chronology - Archaic Era, Mesoamerican chronology - Pre-Classic Era, Mesoamerican chronology - Classic Era, Mesoamerican chronology - Post-Classic Era

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c. 20,000 BC - 8,000 BC A period of hunter gatherers. ...

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Mesoamerican chronology, Mesoamerican chronology - Paleo-Indian Period, Mesoamerican chronology - Archaic Era, Mesoamerican chronology - Pre-Classic Era, Mesoamerican chronology - Classic Era, Mesoamerican chronology - Post-Classic Era

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c. 20th century BC - 2nd century AD The start of nation-states. The first large scale ceremonial architecture, development of cities. The development and flourishing of the Olmec civilization at such sites as La Venta. Early Zapotec and Maya civilization. Important early Maya cities include El Mirador and Cival. ...

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Mesoamerican chronology, Mesoamerican chronology - Paleo-Indian Period, Mesoamerican chronology - Archaic Era, Mesoamerican chronology - Pre-Classic Era, Mesoamerican chronology - Classic Era, Mesoamerican chronology - Post-Classic Era

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