🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Ancient City of North-Hamlet
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Ancient City of North-Hamlet in Chiapas, Mexico is a Moche (100–800 CE) ancient city attributed to Moche culture.
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🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Ancient City of North-Hamlet in Chiapas, Mexico is a Moche (100–800 CE) ancient city attributed to Moche culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Classic Xoo 600–850 CE · Zapotec (Xoo phase, Late Classic)
Xoo-phase Zapotec salt palace with Cocijo friezes and tell de sal 140 m salt workshop for Monte Albán tribute.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Preclassic to Late Classic 400 BCE–900 CE, peak 600–850 CE · Maya (Comitán Lakes, Late Classic Lacandon fringe)
Lake city on Lagartero chain of karst lakes at Chiapas-Guatemala border: temples and ballcourt on islets linked by stone causeway 300 m to lakeshore palace, with hundreds of incensarios (Lakamulpán…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Epiclassic–Postclassic 900–1521 CE · Matlatzinca (Otomanguean)
Volcano-plug fortified Matlatzinca capital with 2 km perimeter wall, jaguar relief and Aztec barracks 1474.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Classic Puuc 600–900 CE peak (with Middle Preclassic origins) · Maya (Puuc)
Major Puuc city in protected 1,800 ha reserve: Palace 38 m long with Puuc mosaic colonnade, Yaxché Group 60 m-tall conical karst hill with EAC twin concentrations, and chultunes.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Charnel House Cemetery East in Basin of Mexico, Mexico is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Great Serpent Mound South in Yucatán, Mexico is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Pyramid of the Sun Annex in Cholula, Mexico is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Terminal Classic Puuc 800–1000 CE · Maya (Puuc)
Free-access Puuc site at Km Xlapak 20.17N -89.60W between Sayil (4 km west) and Labná (3 km east) within Puuc Hills valley.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Maya Classic (Puuc) · Maya (Puuc/ Petén)
Edzná — hydraulic capital with Five Stories Pyramid.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Early–Middle Formative (1500–500 BCE) · Olmec (Guerrero Olmec)
Teopantecuanitlán — Balsas Olmec Center in Guerrero, Mexico is a Early–Middle Formative (1500–500 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Olmec (Guerrero Olmec).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Postclassic–Epiclassic (800–1400 CE) · Western Mexico (Toltec influence?)
El Chanal Archaeological Zone — Colima in Colima, Mexico is a Postclassic–Epiclassic (800–1400 CE) ancient-city attributed to Western Mexico (Toltec influence?).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Postclassic (Mayapan) · Maya (Yucatán)
Mayapan — walled last Maya capital 1220–1440.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Classic Teotihuacan (250–550 CE) · Teotihuacan
Tepantitla Compound — Teotihuacan in Mexico State, Mexico is a Classic Teotihuacan (250–550 CE) ancient-city attributed to Teotihuacan.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Formative to Classic (800 BCE–300 CE) · Mezcala / Olmec derived
Cuetlajuchitlán — Balsas Canyon City in Guerrero, Mexico is a Late Formative to Classic (800 BCE–300 CE) ancient-city attributed to Mezcala / Olmec derived.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Classic (100–500 CE) · Capacha / Colima
La Campana — Colima Capital in Colima, Mexico is a Classic (100–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Capacha / Colima.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Postclassic Tarascan (1200–1528 CE) · Purépecha
Huandacareo — La Nopalera in Michoacán, Mexico is a Postclassic Tarascan (1200–1528 CE) ancient-city attributed to Purépecha.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Classic (300–600 CE) · Teotihuacan
Zacuala Palace — Teotihuacan in Mexico State, Mexico is a Classic (300–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Teotihuacan. Priestly palace south-west of Moon Pyramid with colonnaded patios and murals.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Classic Teotihuacan (300–550 CE) · Teotihuacan
Yayahuala Compound — Teotihuacan in Mexico State, Mexico is a Classic Teotihuacan (300–550 CE) ancient-city attributed to Teotihuacan.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Classic (350–550 CE) · Teotihuacan
La Ventilla Compound — Teotihuacan in Mexico State, Mexico is a Classic (350–550 CE) ancient-city attributed to Teotihuacan. Lapidary workshop compound with mica and obsidian debitage, 20 patios.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Classic (450–650 CE) · Teotihuacan
Tetitla Apartment — Teotihuacan in Mexico State, Mexico is a Classic (450–650 CE) ancient-city attributed to Teotihuacan. Apartment with eagles and jaguars murals, pulque gods and Tlaloc processions.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Postclassic (1250–1528 CE) · Purépecha
Queréndaro Acropolis — Zacapu in Michoacán, Mexico is a Postclassic (1250–1528 CE) ancient-city attributed to Purépecha. Mesa-top fortified city Malpaís of Zacapu with 20 pyramids on lava badlands.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Terminal Classic Puuc 800–1050 CE · Maya (Puuc)
Huntichmul East Complex north of Puuc Route: 70 m long vaulted palace with Puuc junquillo columns, sacbe linking to Sayil Group 2 km west. Mapped by Pollock 1980; 8 mounds remain unexcavated.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Bronze Age · Bronze Age
Bronze Age ancient-city at Hidalgo.
