🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Aguada Fénix
Aguada Fénix is a large Preclassic Maya archaeological site located in the state of Tabasco, Mexico, near the border with Guatemala.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Kajtun — Rio Bec Petén-Style Pyramid
Early to Late Classic (300–800 CE) · Maya — Rio Becmicroregion / Petén–Rio Bec transitional
Concentrated Petén-style site discovered as anomaly within dispersed Rio Bec zone 3 km north-east of Rio Bec Group B (18°22.510 N, 89°21.524 W per project coordinates), with 63 structures, 18 stelae…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Teopanzolco Double Temple Pyramid
Late Postclassic Aztec (Tlahuica) · Tlahuica / Aztec (Tlahuica Chalca)
Tlahuica double-shrine pyramid Teopanzolco (c.1400–1521): 35×45 m 12 m twin temples Huitzilopochtli/Tlaloc, earthquake 2017 revealed earlier talud-tablero Teocalli inside.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Mitla
Postclassic 900–1521 CE (Mitla peak 1200–1520, Post-Monte Albán valley floor relocation) · Zapotec + Mixtec (Mixe-Zapotec, later Aztec tributary; Zapotec Lyobaa)
Postclassic Zapotec-Mixtec mortuary city and living palace center (900–1521 CE) abutting Monte Albán collapse population shift to valley floor: unparalleled geometric fret mosaic (grecas) facades…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Rio Bec Structure V Central Pyramid
Late Classic Maya (600–850 CE, Rio Bec style full fluorescence) · Maya (Rio Bec, Apogee of Classic palace-pyramid)
Type-site of Rio Bec architectural style (550–850 CE): dispersed low pyramids 10–20 m with twin solid towers and false stairs, vaulted palace chambers, and roofcombs — Structure V (5N2 Group A) is…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Xcambo
Early Classic · Maya (North-coastal)
Mangrove island port (250–750 CE) for Gulf salt — 7-m pyramid on 700-m causeway north of Telchac.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Becán
Late Classic to Terminal/Postclassic 550–1200 CE (Río Bec apogee 730–830) · Maya (Río Bec–Chenés, between Calakmul and Chenés region)
Major Río Bec–Chenés fortified Maya capital surrounded by unique 2 km-long, 16 m-wide, 5 m-deep continuous ditch-moat (English ‘Be’ecs ditch’) enclosing 25 ha core – only fully ditched major Maya…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Culhuacan
Epiclassic–Postclassic (Coyotlatelco–Aztec) · Toltec–Colhua / Basin Postclassic
Toltec-Colhua capital (600–1400 CE) on Lake Xochimilco — 8 pyramids beneath Cerro de la Estrella, Mexica legitimacy ancestor.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock art
Caverna Pintada — Ancillary Panel North (Sierra de San Francisco, Baja)
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Caverna Pintada — Ancillary Panel North (Sierra de San Francisco, Baja) in Baja California Sur, Caverna Pintada, Mexico is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Kulubá Archaeological Zone
Late Classic–Early Postclassic (600–1200 CE) · Maya (Eastern Yucatán – Cupul province)
Late Classic–Postclassic eastern Yucatán dense town (600–1200 CE) 35 km SE of Tizimín, 6 sq km with 3 core groups (Group A palace 70×50 m, Group B temple pyramid 8 m, Group C ballcourt) of…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Uxul — Pyramid M1 and Acropolis Pyramid (Calakmul Biosphere, Campeche, Mexico)
Preclassic to Late Classic (100 BCE–900 CE) · Maya (Kaan polity satellite)
Hugely sprawling 4 km² Late Classic centre (250–900 CE) between Tikal and Calakmul, dominated by Pyramid M1 (30x25 m, 14 m high with roof comb) and K2 double pyramid acropolis (two 12 m pyramids on…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Cueva del Quiotepec and Cerro Quiotepec
Monte Albán Late I - IIIb (500 BCE–800 CE) · Zapotec (Monte Albán state – Cuicatlán colony)
Zapotec military-agricultural outpost (500 BCE–800 CE, fortress phase 300–700 CE) crowning Cerro Quiotepec massif at confluence of Río Santo Domingo and Río Grande forming Río Papaloapan: hilltop…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Chunchucmil
Early Classic · Maya (Northwest Yucatan)
Grided Classic metropolis (350–650 CE) on NW Yucatan desert — 79 quadrangles, 30k at 300/km² without cenote.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Xpujil Structure I Three-Temple Pyramid — Chenes
Late Classic Maya, c.500-800 CE (Río Bec, Late Classic) · Maya (Río Bec)
Xpujil Structure I: 19 m high Río Bec pyramid with three solid towers each bearing false temple with Chenés mask, atop unified base with 12 doorways leading to 12 rooms on two levels.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Earthwork
Great Teotihuacan Terrace B — Teotihuacan (56-27)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Great Teotihuacan Terrace B — Teotihuacan (56-27) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Chalcolithic (regional) earthwork of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Northern Yucatan Hilltop Central — Yucatan (55-25)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Northern Yucatan Hilltop Central — Yucatan (55-25) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Megalith
Outer Teotihuacan Sanctuary East — Teotihuacan (56-04)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Outer Teotihuacan Sanctuary East — Teotihuacan (56-04) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Iron Age (regional) megalithic of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Little Teotihuacan Reservoir II — Teotihuacan (56-13)
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Little Teotihuacan Reservoir II — Teotihuacan (56-13) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Bronze Age (regional) pyramid of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 800 CE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Chacmultún Platform Pyramid (Puuc)
Late Classic (Puuc) · Maya (Puuc)
Puuc platform pyramid at Chacmultún — 10 m stepped platform with 4 palaces and painted red murals c.700 CE above Labná caves.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
El Meco (Bel'maan) Maya Port
Late Classic to Late Postclassic East Coast (600–1520 CE, peak 1200–1520) · Maya (East Coast – Cupul / Ecab)
Ancient Beel'maan port city (600–1520 CE, port apex 1200–1520) 8 km north of Cancún on Caribbean beach ridge: 14 structures around plaza dominated by El Castillo 12.5-m-high five-stage pyramid-temple…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Dzibanché
Early–Late Classic · Maya (Kaan–Chenés frontier)
First Kaan (Snake) capital (300–900 CE) — 28-m Kinichná Acropolis with wooden lintel inscriptions.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Little Teotihuacan Reservoir A — Teotihuacan (56-21)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Little Teotihuacan Reservoir A — Teotihuacan (56-21) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Iron Age (regional) pyramid of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Great Yucatan Reservoir Outer — Yucatan (55-29)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Great Yucatan Reservoir Outer — Yucatan (55-29) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Medieval (regional) temple complex of the Medieval tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Western Yucatan Village North — Yucatan (55-19)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Western Yucatan Village North — Yucatan (55-19) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Classical (regional) temple complex of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 CE for village and associated settlement.