Mesoamerica

Mesoamerica

  • Period: 2000 BCE to 250

    The Mayas

    The general mayan materials were animal bones, obsidian, piedra caliza, wood, limestone y pedernal
  • Period: 1200 BCE to 100 BCE

    The Olmecs

    The general olmec materials were clay, jade, clay, basalt and greenstone.
  • La Venta, Tabasco
    900 BCE

    La Venta, Tabasco

    Made of clay, its the only piramid with a circular base of 128 meters and a height of 31 meters.
  • The Great Jaguar Temple
    700 BCE

    The Great Jaguar Temple

    Made of limestone and a height of 45 meters.
  • Pyramid of the Sun
    100 BCE

    Pyramid of the Sun

    Made of adobe, stone overed with stucco and a height of 75 mts
  • Period: 100 BCE to 650

    Teotihuacan

    The general teotihuan materials were adobe, stone, stucco, natural earth pigments, volcanic rocks, piedra bola de rio, basalt, tezontle, toba y andesita.
  • Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
    900

    Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli

    It has a rectangular base and 24 meters height. At the top rest the columns best known as Atlantes de Tula.
    Its made of clay bricks, wooden beams, otates, volcanic stone and natural pigments.
  • Period: 900 to 1200

    Toltecs