🇲🇽 Mexico · Tell
Azcapotzalco (Tepanec capital)
Postclassic (c.1200-1521 CE) · Mesoamerican Postclassic (Tepanec-Aztec)
Azcapotzalco (Tepanec capital) — buried postclassic tell/village at Mexico City.
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373 places in the atlas, 36 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tell
Postclassic (c.1200-1521 CE) · Mesoamerican Postclassic (Tepanec-Aztec)
Azcapotzalco (Tepanec capital) — buried postclassic tell/village at Mexico City.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Classic Xoo 650–900 CE · Zapotec (Xoo/Mahuitz phase)
Monte Albán northern barrio: 45 m ballcourt largest in Oaxaca and House of the Altars on 250 m plaza.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Late Classic to Postclassic Maya (9th–12th c. CE; Toltec-Maya fusion) · Maya (Itza) with Toltec influence
El Castillo (c.900–1100 CE) – 24m nine-step pyramid with 91 steps per stair plus top platform (365), dedicated to Kukulkan feathered serpent.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Period Bronze Age · Regional culture Pyramid-Variant
Hydraulic Reservoir Pyramid 103 — Mexico Region 7 in Mexico Region 7, Mexico is a Iron Age pyramid with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Maya Early to Late Classic, c.250–900 CE (I: c.400 CE, rebuild 600–700) · Maya (Kanul / Snake dynasty)
East Acropolis pyramid Structure I (? not largest Structure II 55 m, but I is 40 m) at Calakmul (c.250–900 CE, Classic megapower, rival of Tikal).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Buried city
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
Punta Galeta Reef Temple South in Yucatán Cenote, Mexico is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇲🇽 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 · Archaeological wonder
Maya Late Classic 600–900 CE · Maya (Pomoná Pacbul?)
Hill-terraced Maya port with Palenque war record, 600–900 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Late Classic Rio Bec 600–850 CE · Maya (Rio Bec)
Eponymously named ‘Peor Es Nada’ (Worse Is Nothing) by chicleros, located 12 km SE of Xpujil deep in forest.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock-cut
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
News Paper Rock Panel East in Oaxaca, Mexico is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) rock_cut attributed to Classical culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Mesa Verde Spruce in Veracruz, Mexico is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇲🇽 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 Late Classic, c.600–830 CE · Maya (Río Bec – Chenes)
Main pyramid Structure XX at Chicanna (c.600–830 CE, Late Classic Río Bec-Chenes transition), 12 m high temple-pyramid. Small tiered pyramid with Chenes false doorway and Río Bec twin-tower top?
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tomb
Late Formative (100 BCE–400 CE) · Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition
Huitzilapa Shaft Tomb — Magdalena in Jalisco, Mexico is a Late Formative (100 BCE–400 CE) tomb attributed to Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Paquimé Phase (1200–1400 CE) Medio period · Casas Grandes (Paquimé) Mogollon
Chihuahua Paquimé excavated by Di Peso 1958–61, Medio period 1200–1400, macaw pens and cast turquoise.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Epiclassic (550–650 CE) · Teotihuacan late / Coyotlatelco
Oztoyahualco Compound — Teotihuacan in Mexico State, Mexico is a Epiclassic (550–650 CE) ancient-village attributed to Teotihuacan late / Coyotlatelco.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Maya Classic–Postclassic 300 BCE–1500 CE · Maya (Puuc–Chenés)
Red hill palaces 44 m portico, hematite, Puuc-Toltec 600–1000 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Classic (500–900 CE Chalchihuites) · Chalchihuites (Epiclassic)
La Quemada excavated by Weigand 1970s, Tropic border fortress guarding turquoise road north.
🇲🇽 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 · 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 · Temple complex
Classic · Maya/Andean
Chacmultun — Puuc Red House vault paintings.
🇲🇽 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
Maya Late Classic 700–1000 CE · Maya (Puuc)
Labná Arch 3 m, 67-room Palace, Puuc 800–1000 CE.