🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Iron Age Pyramid — Hidalgo Annex 415
Iron Age · Iron Age
Iron Age pyramid at Hidalgo.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
San Gervasio Cozumel
Postclassic (c.1200–1521 CE) Late Postclassic Cozumel–Mayapan league · Maya (East Coast – Cozumel)
San Gervasio (Tantún Cuzamil) is Cozumel island's paramount Late Postclassic pilgrimage capital at 15 m interior, 7 km west of San Miguel, Quintana Roo.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Comalcalco Brick Pyramid Temple III North
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
Comalcalco Brick Pyramid Temple III North in Tabasco, Comalcalco, Mexico is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Bonampak Mural Room 1 South Wall
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Bonampak Mural Room 1 South Wall in Chiapas, Bonampak, Mexico is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Tula Atlante Terrace Column Row 3
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Tula Atlante Terrace Column Row 3 in Hidalgo, Tula, Mexico is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Chicanná
Late Classic (Río Bec) · Maya (Río Bec–Chenes)
Classic Río Bec palatial city (c.550–900 CE) at Becán-Chicanná dispersed urban nebula, with Structure II jaguar monster-mouth zoomorphic mascarón doorway (12 m high 18 m wide — bes...
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Tamtoc (Tamuín) – Huastec Metropolis
Preclassic to Postclassic Huastec (600 BCE–1520 CE, Florescent 600–900) · Huastec (Tenek – Maya linguistic isolate)
Great Huastec city (600 BCE–1520 CE, peak 600–900 CE) on Tampaón River bend covering 50 sq ha with 70 mounds, artificial lagoons and plazas: 21×40 mound group, Stepped Pyramid of the Moon, Temple of…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Acanceh (Acancéh) Maya Palace City
Late Preclassic – Postclassic (300 BCE–1500 CE, mask palace 300–500 CE) · Maya (Northwestern Yucatán – Acanceh)
Maya town in central-north Yucatán occupied continuously 300–1500 CE with unique layered architecture: Early Classic steep step-pyramid buried under Palace of the Stuccos (1st c.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Cacaxtla
Epiclassic (650 – 900 CE) · Olmeca-Xicalanca
Cacaxtla in Tlaxcala, Mexico is a Epiclassic (650 – 900 CE) ancient city attributed to Olmeca-Xicalanca culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock art
Boca de Potrerillos
Boca de Potrerillos is an archeological site located some 14 km from the municipal head of Mina, Nuevo León, Mexico.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Río Bec
Late Classic (Río Bec style florescence) · Maya (Río Bec)
Type site for Río Bec architectural phenomenon (c.550–900 CE) — most dispersed large Classic Maya city 50 km², 6 km² core with 6+ plaza groups (A–F, Central Group Structure V-N 13...
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Teopanzolco Pyramid Complex (Cuernavaca)
Late Postclassic (Tlahuica / Aztec) · Tlahuica / Aztec
Tlahuica twin-temple pyramid at Teopanzolco — 35×25 m double pyramid c.1200 CE with 11 nests; 2017 earthquake revealed hidden Tlaloc temple.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Yautepec
Late Postclassic (Aztec/Morelos) · Aztec (Tlahuica–Xochimilca provincial)
Aztec provincial capital (1350–1521 CE) in Morelos — palace, pyramid and 150 ha town at Yautepec valley floor.
🇲🇽 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
Cobá
Preclassic to Postclassic 300 BCE–1450 CE (peak Classic 600–800, Terminal 800–1100) · Maya (eastern Lowlands, Sian Ka'an sphere)
Vast lowland Maya city of ~80 km² with ~6,500 structures linked by 16 white-road sacbeob (raised plaster causeways totalling 70 km, longest Sacbe 1 100 km to Yaxuná near Chichén Itzá, 10 m wide),…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Eastern Yucatan Settlement Outer — Yucatan (55-37)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Eastern Yucatan Settlement Outer — Yucatan (55-37) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Iron Age (regional) geoglyph of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Southern Yucatan Platform B — Yucatan (55-13)
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Southern Yucatan Platform B — Yucatan (55-13) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Bronze Age (regional) geoglyph of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Chichén Itzá — Caracol Ancillary Platform North
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture; Maya
Chichén Itzá — Caracol Ancillary Platform North in Yucatán, Chichén Itzá, Caracol, Mexico is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex att…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Chactún
Chactún (Maya: Red stone) is the name of an archaeological site of the Mesoamerican Maya civilization in the state of Campeche, Mexico, in the northern part of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Uxmal — Nunnery Quadrangle North Building Mosaic Patio (Yucatán)
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban; Maya
Uxmal — Nunnery Quadrangle North Building Mosaic Patio (Yucatán) in Yucatán, Uxmal, Mexico is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attr…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Xochitecatl
Formative–Epiclassic 800 BCE–950 CE · Apizaco / Tlaxcala tradition (Central Highlands)
Fertility hilltop with Flower Pyramid: 2000 female figurines, spindle whorls and needle offerings on spiral pyramid.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Oxkintok — Puuc Labyrinth Pyramid
Late Preclassic to Early Postclassic (300 BCE–1200 CE) · Maya — Oxkintok sphere, Puuc
Northwestern-most major Puuc site near Maxcanú, 6 km southeast of town, conspicuous for Satunsat labyrinth — vaulted maze with 3 floors and astronomical ducts linking to equinox sun, and triadic…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Huntichmul
Maya Late to Terminal Classic 600–1000 CE · Maya (Cehpech–Sotuta transitional / Itzá frontier)
Ditched enclosure frontier city, 600–1000 CE, Petén corridor.