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Chronology
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culture/style
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major
regions and sites
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Palaeoindian
Period
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Tehuacan,
Oaxaca
Basin
of Mexico
Guatemala
Highlands
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Archaic
Period
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Tehuacan
Valley
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Early
(8000-2400 BC)
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Oaxaca:
Guila Naquita, Gheo Shih
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Late
(2400-1600 BC)
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Basin
of Mexico: Zohapilco
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Formative
Period
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|
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Early
|
|
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(1600-1200
BC)
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Paso
de la Amada
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(1200-900
BC)
|
Olmec
style
|
Basin
of Mexico: Tlatilco
Gulf
Coast: San Lorenzo
Valley
of Oaxaca: San Jose Mogote
|
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Middle
(900-400 BC)
|
Olmec
style
|
Gulf
Coast: La Venta
Chalcatzingo
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Late
(400 BC-250 AD)
|
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Gulf Coast: Tres Zapotes
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Classic
Period
|
|
|
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(100-650
AD)
|
Teotihuacan
culture
|
Teotihuacan
|
|
(200-800
AD)
|
Zapotec
culture
|
Monte
Alban, Dainzu, Lambityeco
|
|
(250-800
AD)
|
Classic
Maya culture
|
Tikal,
Copan, Calakmul, Coba, Sayil
Xunantunich,
Chan Noohol, Quirigua
|
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Postclassic
Period
|
|
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Early
(800-1200 AD)
|
Mixtec
culture
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Mitla,
Tilantongo, Yucuñudahui
|
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Mixteca-Puebla
style
|
Chichen Itza, Tula, Cholula
|
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Middle
(1200-1400 AD)
|
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Late
(1350/1400-1521 AD)
|
Aztec
culture
|
Tenochtitlan,
Texcoco, Cihuatecpan
Otumba,
Huexotla, Xaltocan
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