mesoamerica
Historical and cultural region that covers what is central and south Mexico and most of central America.
The chronology of Mesoamerica is divided as such:
The Paleo-Indian or Lithic (first human habitation until 3500 BCE)
the Archaic (before 2600 BCE)
the middle pre-classic mesoamerica or Formative (2500 BCE – 250 CE)
Early Preclassic 2000–1000 BCE
Middle pre-classic mesoamerica 950–400 BCE
Late Preclassic 400 BCE–250 CE
the Classic (250–900 CE)
Early Classic 250–600 CE
Late Classic 600–900 CE
Terminal Classic Mesoamerica 800–900/1000 CE
the Postclassic (900–1521 CE)
Early Postclassic 900–1200 CE
Late Postclassic 1200–1521 CE
the post European contact Colonial Period (1521–1821)
the Postcolonial (1821–present)
The following tags implicate this tag: capacha, epi-olmec, maya, mexica, mixtec, olmec, purepecha, teotihuacan, tlaxcaltec, totonac, west_mexican_tomb_shaft_tradition, and zapotec (learn more).
