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.
  • 900 BCE

    La Venta, Tabasco

    La Venta, Tabasco
    Made of clay, its the only piramid with a circular base of 128 meters and a height of 31 meters.
  • 700 BCE

    The Great Jaguar Temple

    The Great Jaguar Temple
    Made of limestone and a height of 45 meters.
  • 100 BCE

    Pyramid of the Sun

    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.
  • 900

    Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli

    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