🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Cantona Norte Acropolis
Classic–Epiclassic 200–1000 CE · Cantona (Olmeca-Xicalanca hybrid)
Northern acropolis of largest pre-Hispanic highland city: 20 terraces, 12 ballcourts and 700 m paved causeways on malpaís.
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🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Classic–Epiclassic 200–1000 CE · Cantona (Olmeca-Xicalanca hybrid)
Northern acropolis of largest pre-Hispanic highland city: 20 terraces, 12 ballcourts and 700 m paved causeways on malpaís.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Formative–Early Classic Teuchitlán 350 BCE–400 CE · Teuchitlán tradition (Western Mexico)
Mesoamerica's only circular pyramids: nine concentric guachimontones with shaft tombs and Tequila volcano obsidian.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Early–Middle Formative 1500–500 BCE (Rosario phase) · Zapotec (Mogote phase)
Earliest Zapotec urban precursor with Monument 3 captive blood glyph, earliest Oaxacan writing 600 BCE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Buried city
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Buried City of Roxby Burn in Chiapas, Mexico is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Classical culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Late Classic 550–850 CE · Maya (Río Bec–Chenes–Central Petén blend)
Secondary plaza 600 m from hieroglyphic stairway: 15 m pyramid with Wak alliance altar, marsh causeway.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Middle Formative Olmec 1000–400 BCE (pyramid c. 1000–600 BCE) · Olmec
Olmec capital La Venta (1000–400 BCE) great pyramid Complex C: 31–33 m high clay mound (150 × 130 m base, volume 100,000 m³), earliest known intentional pyramid in Mesoamerica (1000 BCE) – uniquely…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Formative–Early Classic 600 BCE–200 CE · Zapotec (Dainzú phase)
Zapotec ballplayer gallery: 47 helmed player reliefs with trophy heads and jaguar deities on Building A.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Formative 1400 BCE–300 CE (Escalera phase) · Mixe-Zoque (Chiapa de Corzo tradition) / Olmec–Maya bridge
Zoque Olmec–Maya capital with Mound 5 22 m and Stela 2 Long Count 36 BCE, earliest date in Mesoamerica.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Maya Classic Late 600–800 CE · Maya (Moral-Reforma polity)
Twin Maya temples on San Pedro River, 300 BCE–900 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic to Postclassic (700–1300 CE) Puuc mixed; column rows classic 550 CE core · Maya Northern Lowland Column-tradition (Aké concentric column rows, 36 columns)
Aké excavated by Roys & Shook, 32 km sacbe to Izamal ancient white road.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Formative–Classic (350 BCE–400 CE) · Teuchitlán tradition
Guachimontón Circular Complex — Teuchitlán in Jalisco, Mexico is a Formative–Classic (350 BCE–400 CE) pyramid attributed to Teuchitlán tradition.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Preclassic to Postclassic (500 BCE–1500 CE) Seven Dolls 700 CE · Maya Northern Lowland (Dzibilchaltún 8300 structures)
Dzibilchaltún excavated by Andrews 1956–, equinox light through temple doors 21 March/Sept, 8300 structures 19 km².
🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock-cut
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Kimberley Wandjina Spirit Panel West in Oaxaca, Mexico is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) rock_cut attributed to Classical culture.
🇲🇽 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.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Late Classic Rio Bec 550–830 CE · Maya (Rio Bec)
Rio Bec Group R-16 forest palace east of Becán-Xpujil road: twin non-functional stair towers flanking tripartite temple, interior vaults bear ochre red handprints giving modern name.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat South in Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) pyramid attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Formative to Classic (300 BCE–450 CE Teuchitlán tradition) · Teuchitlán (Western Mexico circular pyramid builders)
Teuchitlán excavated by Weigand 1970–, guachimontones linked to circular plazas, ballcourt 2.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tumulus
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Han Yangling Pyramid South in Cholula, Mexico is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Oven Cluster West in Basin of Mexico, Mexico is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Medieval culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Moundville Ceremonial Mound in Veracruz, Mexico is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Medieval culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Toltec-Epiclassic (700–1200 CE El Cerrito dominance) · Toltec-related Querétaro (Tula hemisphere)
El Cerrito excavated by INAH 1940s and 1990s, Toltec regional capital pyramid 12 m on Cerro Gordo.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Buried city
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Watson Brake Mound in Veracruz, Mexico is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Postclassic 1350–1530 CE · Purépecha (Tarascan)
Five yácatas on 425 m platform, Tarascan capital 1350–1530 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tumulus
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Mizpe Zohar Tumulus in Cholula, Mexico is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) tumulus attributed to Medieval culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
