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357 places in the atlas, 36 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Classic Veracruz (600–900 CE) Tajín contemporary niche architecture · Totonac Classic Veracruz (Tajín interaction)
Veracruz La Higueras excavated by Daneels 2000s, niche Tajín province.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Puuc (700–900 CE) + cave use 200 CE · Maya Puuc (Uxmal sphere) and cave paint Chac cult
Chacmultún excavated by Thompson and Andrews, cave rain cult.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Epiclassic (600–900 CE) late Classic Bajío · Bajío (Tarascan ancestor) with Teotihuacan theme brazier
Plazuelas excavated by INAH 1998–, 1200 pecked spirals.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Classic Teotihuacan (100–550 CE) · Teotihuacan
Giant stepped truncated pyramid in Teotihuacan, largest Mesoamerican structure before Spanish, built over cave-tunnel. Avenue of the Dead aligned 15.5° east of north. Faced with tezontle and plaster.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Maya Classic 250–900 CE · Maya (Chontal)
Maya brick city 56 million bricks, Chontal 250–900 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya · Maya (Kanul dynasty)
Powerful Classic Maya superpower (capital of Kanul Snake Kingdom, 6th–9th century) with 6,750 structures, twin reservoirs and stelae. Structure II is massive layered pyramid.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Teotihuacan Classic · Teotihuacan
Second largest Teotihuacan pyramid capping north end of Avenue of the Dead, mirroring Cerro Gordo mountain. Contains burial of sacrificed jaguars, eagles and human offerings.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Classic–Postclassic 400 BCE–1200 CE · Toltec frontier
30 m Toltec frontier pyramid four stages 900–1200 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Maya Early–Late Classic 250–600 CE · Maya (Kaanul Snake Dynasty)
Snake Dynasty capital 60 ha corridor, 250–600 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Maya Late Preclassic–Late Classic 400 BCE–1450 CE · Maya (Chenés–Puuc)
Five-storey 32 m pyramid, 1.4 km hydraulic canal.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Maya Classic and Chontal Postclassic · Maya (Chontal Acalan)
Chontal capital pyramid 25 m, Cuauhtémoc execution 1525.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Maya Classic 200–900 CE · Maya (Rio Bec–Chenés)
Temple of Masks five 3 m stucco masks, Rio Bec–Chenés.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Epiclassic (530–900 CE) Bajío observatory alignment · Otomi or Toltec-related Bajío astronomers
Cañada de la Virgen excavated by INAH 2002–, elite cemetery with 700 CE Otomi skulls.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Classic (600–900 CE) Cantona apex · Cantona (Olmeca-Xicalanca derivative)
Cantona excavated by García Cook 1990s, asymmetrical pyramid 26 m, lava city 80k.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Early Classic (300–600 CE Early Classic stucco masks 6 m high) superimposed on Late Preclassic · Maya Early Classic Petén-style stucco masked ancestor Tikal influence
Acanceh excavated by Pollock 1980s, giant masks uncovered 1900s.
