🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Xochicalco Observatory Cave Zenith Tube
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Xochicalco Observatory Cave Zenith Tube in Morelos, Xochicalco, Mexico is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
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🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Cuicuilco Pyramidal Platform (Circular Basement)
Preclassic / Late Formative (Central Mexican Preclassic) · Cuicuilco (Basin of Mexico Preclassic)
Giant circular stepped pyramidal platform at Cuicuilco — 135 m diameter 20 m high 700–150 BCE, buried by Xitle lava eruption 245 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Hydraulic works
Texcotzingo
Late Postclassic Aztec (1400 – 1521 CE) · Acolhua (Texcoco)
Texcotzingo in State of Mexico, Mexico is a Late Postclassic Aztec (1400 – 1521 CE) hydraulic attributed to Acolhua (Texcoco) culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
El Rey (Cancún) Maya Port Town
Late Postclassic East Coast (1200–1520 CE, occupied to contact) · Maya (East Coast – Ecab / Cuchbalam)
Postclassic coastal town (1200–1520 CE) directly in Cancún Hotel Zone at km 18 on barrier island between Nichupté Lagoon and Caribbean: ~40 platforms, colonnaded halls and Pyramid Structure 2 (9 m…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Bonampak
Late Classic 580–800 CE (mural phase 790–800 CE) · Maya (Usumacinta Basin, dependent of Yaxchilán under Shield Jaguar III)
Small Usumacinta tributary Maya center (~1.5 km²) world-famous for Temple of the Murals (Structure 1): three vaulted rooms with 110 m² of brilliantly preserved frescoes (c.790 CE ‘1000-year pigments’…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Oxkintok
Classic (Early–Terminal) · Maya (Puuc–Oxkintok Regional)
Puuc labyrinth-acropolis (250–1000 CE) NW Yucatan — 3-storey vaulted maze palace and astronomical pyramids.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Toniná — Acropolis Pyramid Mountain
Classic Maya, Late Classic apogee · Maya — Toniná polity
Hill-top military superpower in western Maya lowlands, famous for last dated Maya inscription (909 CE) and tallest pyramid platform in Mesoamerica by continuous mass — the Acropolis is a hill…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Tenam Puente Maya City
Classic to Early Postclassic (300–1200 CE, walls 900–1200) · Maya (Tojolabal / highland Chiapas)
Fortified Late Classic–Postclassic Maya capital (300–1200 CE, fortification 900–1200) crowning limestone hilltop 250 m above Comitán valley: 60+ structures, walled core (60 ha) with 4.5-m-thick…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Megalith
Eastern Teotihuacan Platform B — Teotihuacan (56-03)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Eastern Teotihuacan Platform B — Teotihuacan (56-03) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Early Historic (regional) megalithic of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Monte Albán
Formative to Classic 500 BCE–850 CE (Monte Albán I–V; apogee IIIa 250–500 CE, IIIb–IV 500–850) · Zapotec (Beni Zaa); later Mixtec reuse
Zapotec capital on artificially levelled 400 m hilltop (6 km²) commanding Oaxaca Valley confluence: Main Plaza (300×150 m), South and North Platforms, Pyramid of the Dancers (Temple I) with Danzantes…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Great Teotihuacan Necropolis Central — Teotihuacan (56-19)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Great Teotihuacan Necropolis Central — Teotihuacan (56-19) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Iron Age (regional) pyramid of the Iron Age tradition, built c.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Teuchitlán — Guachimontón Circle 2 Ancillary Patio (Jalisco)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Teuchitlán — Guachimontón Circle 2 Ancillary Patio (Jalisco) in Jalisco, Teuchitlán, Guachimontón, Mexico is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyrami…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Megalith
Lower Teotihuacan Platform I — Teotihuacan (56-33)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Lower Teotihuacan Platform I — Teotihuacan (56-33) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Classical (regional) megalithic of the Classical tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Central Yucatan Reservoir East — Yucatan (55-32)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Central Yucatan Reservoir East — Yucatan (55-32) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Medieval (regional) ancient city of the Medieval tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Little Yucatan Temple I — Yucatan (55-03)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Little Yucatan Temple I — Yucatan (55-03) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Chalcolithic (regional) temple complex of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for temple and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Earthwork
Central Yucatan Fortress East — Yucatan (55-07)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Central Yucatan Fortress East — Yucatan (55-07) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Neolithic (regional) earthwork of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Royal Yucatan Terrace North — Yucatan (55-42)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Royal Yucatan Terrace North — Yucatan (55-42) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Iron Age (regional) temple complex of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 800 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Royal Yucatan Necropolis I — Yucatan (55-01)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Royal Yucatan Necropolis I — Yucatan (55-01) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Neolithic (regional) geoglyph of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for necropolis and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Central Yucatan Terrace North — Yucatan (55-14)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Central Yucatan Terrace North — Yucatan (55-14) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Medieval (regional) geoglyph of the Medieval tradition, built c. 400 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Uxmal
Late Classic to Terminal Classic 600–1000 CE (apogee 800–950, Puuc apogee 850–925) · Maya (Puuc tradition, Northern Maya lowlands)
Greatest Puuc architectural city of northern Yucatán (600–950 CE) with veneer mosaic stonework, Puuc columns, Chac masks and lattice façades: Pyramid of the Magician (Adivino, 35 m high, oval…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Lower Yucatan Mound A — Yucatan (55-18)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Lower Yucatan Mound A — Yucatan (55-18) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Classical (regional) geoglyph of the Classical tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Lower Yucatan Ridge B — Yucatan (55-47)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Lower Yucatan Ridge B — Yucatan (55-47) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Medieval (regional) geoglyph of the Medieval tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Cholula — Great Pyramid North Stair Ancillary (Puebla)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Cholula — Great Pyramid North Stair Ancillary (Puebla) in Puebla, Cholula, Mexico is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old King…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Tetitla Apartment Compound (Teotihuacan)
Classic Teotihuacan (Tlamimilolpa) · Teotihuacano (multi-ethnic)
One of 2,000 apartment compounds that made Teotihuacan (100 BCE–550 CE, 200,000 inhabitants — largest city in Americas) a planned grid city.