🇲🇽 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 · 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.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Cacaxtla-Xochitécatl Archaeological Zone
Epiclassic 650–900 CE · Olmeca-Xicalanca
Epiclassic painted citadel Battle Mural 22 m, 700–800 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tell
La Quemada (Chicomostoc) — Chalchihuites Hilltop Fortress
Classic (Chalchihuites, 350–850 CE, Epiclásico) · Chalchihuites (Zacatecas) → Coyotlatelco contact
La Quemada (Chicomostoc) — Chalchihuites Hilltop Fortress is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Zacatecas State, Villanueva Municipality, Malpaso valley, Cerro La Quemada, Mexico — Hilltop…
🇧🇿 Belize · Ancient city
Altun Ha
Preclassic 900 BCE–1000 CE (plazas 200–900 CE; jade tomb early 300 CE) · Maya (northern coastal Belize, Altun Ha polity, Lowland–Caribbean zone)
Coastal-plain trade port city controlling Caribbean shell, salt and jade routes near Rockstone Pond wetlands: twin Temple of the Masonry Altars (B4, 16 m high) with three altar superstructures and…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Balberta
Balberta is a major Mesoamerican archaeological site on the Pacific coastal plain of southern Guatemala, belonging to the Maya civilization.
🇭🇳 Honduras · Ancient city
Copán
Classic 426–822 CE (dynastic Copán, peak 695–820) · Maya (southeast Petén sphere, Copán kingdom, non-Maya frontier)
Premier Classic southeastern Maya capital and sculpture capital: Acropolis with 4,500 glyph Hierarchical Stairway (longest Classic Maya text – 72 steps, 2,200 glyphs recording 14 kings), Rosalila…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Cuicuilco Circular Pyramid
Late Formative (Zacatenco–Cuicuilco phases 800 BCE–150 CE; pyramid 400–150 BCE) · Central Mexican Formative (Cuicuilco)
Only circular pyramid in Basin of Mexico: 4-tiered terraced circular platform 135 m diameter, 25 m high (originally 27 m) with ramp-spiral stair ascending clockwise, built 400–150 BCE (late…
🇲🇽 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 · Tell
El Cóporo (Ocampo)
Epiclassic (c.500–900 CE); Classic 500–650 CE, Epiclassic fortified 700–900 CE · Northern frontier Chalchihuites–Tunal–Bajío (Mesoamerican northern periphery; Chichimec interaction)
Bajío frontier mesa pyramid (c.500–900 CE) with ballcourt-terrace and copper bells — INAH Cóporo Tunal outpost.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Plazuelas
Epiclassic Bajío 600–900 CE · Bajío Tradition (Northern frontier)
Hilltop city with 1,324 rock-carved building models, 600–900 CE.