Mesoamerican sites

archaeological site in Mexico

Xochicalco () is a pre-Columbian archaeological site in Miacatlán in the western part of the Mexican state of Morelos. The name Xochicalco may be translated from Nahuatl as "in the house of Flowers". The site is located 38 km southwest of Cuernavaca, about 122 km by road from Mexico City. The site is open to visitors all week, from 10 am to 5 pm, although access to the observatory is only allowed after noon. The apogee of Xochicalco came after the fall of Teotihuacan and it has been speculated that Xochicalco may have played a part in the fall of the Teotihuacan empire.

Assortment of over three hundred precolumbian petrospheres in Costa Rica

archaeological site in Nicaragua

archaeological site in Hidalgo, Mexico

huge complex located in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico

thumb|Archway of the Temple of the 7 Doll thumb|270px|Ruins of the colonial Capilla Abierta|open chapel thumb|270px|Cenote at Dzibilchaltun Dzibilchaltún (, ) is a Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán, approximately north of the state capital of Mérida. The original name for the site may have been Ch'iy Chan Ti'Ho.

thumb|Map of the archaeological site

right|thumb|250px|The Gran Basamento, protected by its sheet-metal roofright|250px|thumb|View over the top of the Gran Basamento Cacaxtla () is an archaeological site located near the southern border of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. It contains a sprawling palace with vibrantly colored murals painted in Maya style. The nearby site of Xochitecatl was a more public ceremonial complex associated with Cacaxtla. Cacaxtla and Xochitecatl prospered 650–900 CE, probably controlling important trade routes through the region with an enclave population of no more than 10,000 people.

right|300px|thumb|Painting 1 from Juxtlahuaca.

thumb|255x255px|Ceramic art recovered from Tlatilco, commonly known as the "Tlatilco acrobat|Acrobat". - 800 BCE. 200px|right|Another acrobat figurine from Tlatilco

Huamango is an early Postclassical (Toltec period) archaeological site located about 4 kilometers northwest of the modern city of Acambay in the State of Mexico. The archaeological area is on the San Miguel plateau, in the vicinity of the Peña Picuda hill, at an approximate altitude of 2,850 meters above sea level. It is rich in legends, stories and ancestral traditions.

Tollan, Tolan, or Tolán is a name used for the capital cities of two empires of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica; first for Teotihuacan, and later for the Toltec capital, Tula, both in Mexico. The name has also been applied to the Postclassic Mexican settlement Cholula.

300px|thumb|right|upright=1.7|The Pyramid of Flowers behind a monolithic basin on the Serpent Building at Xochitecatl Xochitecatl is a pre-Columbian archaeological site located in the Mexican State of Tlaxcala, 18 km southwest of Tlaxcala city. The major architecture dates to the Middle Preclassic Period (1000–400 BC) but occupation continued, with one major interruption, until the Late Classic, when the site was abandoned. There is some evidence of ritual activity in the Postclassic and Colonial Periods. The ruins cover an area of 12 hectares on top of a volcanic dome.

archaeological site in Mexico

Capacha is an archaeological site located about 6 kilometers northeast of the Colima Municipality, in the Mexican state of Colima. This site is the heart of the ancient Mesoamerican Capacha Culture.

Ocomtún, whose original name could have been Maatz', is an ancient Late Classic Maya city located on the Yucatan Peninsula in the Mexican state of Campeche. Archaeologists from Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History announced the discovery of the city in June 2023, after finding the ruins of several pyramid structures measuring approximately in height in a relatively unexplored area of the state. Analysis of pottery fragments found in the area indicate the area was inhabited by the Maya people between 600 CE and 800 CE, and that the city fell into ruin in around 1000 CE, coinc

thumb|300px|Chalcatzingo archaeological site thumb|The view from a mountain above Chalcatzingo (seen far below). To the right looms Cerro Delgado. Popocatépetl can be seen in the far distance to the north Chalcatzingo is a Mesoamerican archaeological site in the Valley of Morelos (municipality of Jantetelco) dating from the Formative Period of Mesoamerican chronology. The site is well known for its extensive array of Olmec-style monumental art and iconography. Located in the southern portion of the Central Highlands of Mexico, Chalcatzingo is estimated to have been settled as early as 1500 BCE

archaeological site in Puebla, Mexico

archaeological site in Mexico

hominid fossils in Nicaragua

important city of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica

fortification

Los Guachimontones is the largest Late Formative to Classic period (300 BCE to 450/500 CE) pre-Columbian archaeological site in the state of Jalisco. Situated in the hills above the town of Teuchitlán that provides the namesake for the culture that built the site, Los Guachimontones is part of the Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila UNESCO world heritage site and a major tourist attraction within the Tequila Valleys.

Zona Arqueológica de Chiapa de Corzo

Guiengola is a Late Postclassic (14th–early 16th centuries CE) Zapotec archaeological site located near Santo Domingo Tehuantepec in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. The site occupies a strategically elevated landscape overlooking the Tehuantepec River system and is widely known in historical accounts as a fortified settlement associated with conflict between the Zapotec and Mexica polities during the decades preceding Spanish colonization.

thumb|right|300px|Main pyramid of Cihuatán thumb|300px|Structures of the monumental center of Cihuatán, showing all the structures of the western terrace and the western ceremonial center and the most notable ones of the eastern ceremonial center. Cihuatán is a major pre-Columbian archaeological site in central El Salvador. It was a very large city located in the extreme south of the Mesoamerican cultural area, and has been dated to the Early Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology (c. 950–1200 AD).

right|400px|thumb|Xochipala in relation to other Formative Period archaeological sites Xochipala is a minor archaeological site in the Mexican state of Guerrero, whose name has become attached, somewhat erroneously, to a style of Formative Period figurines and pottery from 1500 to 200 BCE. The archaeological site is much later and belongs to the Classic and Postclassic eras, approximately 200–1400 CE.

Cuetlajuchitlán is a Mesoamerican archaeological site located 3 kilometers southeast of Paso Morelos, in the northeast of the Mexican state of Guerrero.

thumb|Glyph for Ocotelolco

right|325px|thumb|A Sonrientes figurine (curiously, with two right hands), and a head in the Remojadas style, 300 CE to 900 CE.

Chupícuaro is an important prehispanic archeological site in what is now Guanajuato, Mexico, from the late preclassical or formative period. The culture that takes its name from the site dates to 400 BC to 200 AD, or alternatively 500 BC to 300 AD, although some academics suggest an origin as early as 800 BC.

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archaeological site in Mexico

Yarumela also known as El Chircal, is one of the archeological sites located in Honduras and based around the Middle Formative era in Mesoamerican history, occupied between 1000 BC and AD 250 by the ancestors of the Lencan culture, also known as the Proto-Lencan people. During its heyday at the end of the Preclassic mesoamerican period was a popular trade center, especially for precious commodities.

Acozac (Ixtapaluca) is an archaeological site located in the Municipality of Ixtapaluca, State of Mexico, Mexico. The site is at kilometer 30 of federal road Mexico City–Puebla, towards Ixtapaluca.

thumb|Overlooking part of the site with Matlatzinco Valley in the background Teotenango was an important pre-Hispanic fortified city located in the southern part of the Valley of Toluca. It was initially founded during the last stages of the Teotihuacan civilization by a group generally referred to as the "Teotenancas." Later, the Matlatzincas conquered the city and expanded it. The city existed for about 1,000 years, being abandoned only after the Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire. thumb|left|Main entrance to the ancient city The name Teotenango is derived from three Nahuatl words: "teotl"

thumb|right|300px|Yucuita Yucuita (Mixtec: ''Yúku'ita, meaning Hill-flower, or Hill of Flowers'') is an archaeological site located in the Mixtec municipality of San Juan Yucuita in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It was founded by the Mixtec civilization in the pre-Classic Period as a small village dedicated to agriculture and obsidian.

thumb|right|upright=0.9|Map of the Valley of Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest showing the location of lake Xaltocan.

thumb|View to the ruins being excavated in 1937. Travesía also known as Ulua-Yoja s is an important pre-Columbian archaeological sites in the Ulua river valley of Honduras.

thumb|right|300px|Plazuelas

thumb|right|350px|Zazacatla, nearby Formative Era sites, and the Olmec heartland.

thumb|Glyph for Tizatlan

thumb|right|upright=1.7|Location of Quelepa within the Mesoamerican cultural region

Archaeological site in Jacona, Mexico

thumb|right|300px|Tecoaque, western Tlaxcala state. Tecoaque is a Mesoamerican archaeological site, located in western Tlaxcala state, central Mexico, close to Calpulalpan. The site was inhabited by the Acolhua, one of the three ethnic groups making up the Aztec Empire (their capital being Tetzcohco, one of the three seats of Aztec power). Tecoaque had many white-stucco temples and was the home to approximately 5,000 people, mostly priests and farmers.

archeological site in Mexico

archaeological site

Colima