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🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Labná Archaeological Zone
Maya Late Classic 700–1000 CE · Maya (Puuc)
Labná Arch 3 m, 67-room Palace, Puuc 800–1000 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Cantona — Asymmetrical Pyramid on Lava Malpaís
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
Pyramid of the Sun
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
Comalcalco Archaeological Zone
Maya Classic 250–900 CE · Maya (Chontal)
Maya brick city 56 million bricks, Chontal 250–900 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Cacaxtla-Xochitécatl Archaeological Zone
Epiclassic 650–900 CE · Olmeca-Xicalanca
Epiclassic painted citadel Battle Mural 22 m, 700–800 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Calakmul
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
Pyramid of the Moon
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 · Temple complex
Kohunlich
Classic · Maya/Andean
Kohunlich — Temple of the Masks 5×2 m stucco.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
El Cerrito Archaeological Zone (Querétaro)
Classic–Postclassic 400 BCE–1200 CE · Toltec frontier
30 m Toltec frontier pyramid four stages 900–1200 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Calixtlahuaca Archaeological Zone
Late Postclassic 1116–1520 CE · Matlatzinca → Aztec
Round Temple of Ehécatl 27 m, Matlatzinca 1116–1476 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Dzibanché and Kinichná Archaeological Zones
Maya Early–Late Classic 250–600 CE · Maya (Kaanul Snake Dynasty)
Snake Dynasty capital 60 ha corridor, 250–600 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Edzná Archaeological Zone
Maya Late Preclassic–Late Classic 400 BCE–1450 CE · Maya (Chenés–Puuc)
Five-storey 32 m pyramid, 1.4 km hydraulic canal.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient port
Isla Cerritos
Classic · Maya/Andean
Isla Cerritos — offshore port island with dike.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Kohunlich Archaeological Zone
Maya Classic 200–900 CE · Maya (Rio Bec–Chenés)
Temple of Masks five 3 m stucco masks, Rio Bec–Chenés.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Cañada de la Virgen — Bajío Observatory Hill 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
Acanceh — Stucco Mask Pyramid Central Yucatán
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.
