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1200 BCE
Olmecs (1200 BCE- 400 ACE)
La venta:
The materials used where clay and wood
structured in multiple complexes
suared base
34 m above de landscape
the construction is not hollow -
1000 BCE
Mayas (100 BCE - 200 ACE)
Great jaguar temple in Tikal:
It had 9 plataforms
Made out of limeston
Steped pyramid
Decoration on top
Wooden beam
45 Mts tall -
700 BCE
ZAPOTECS (700 BCE-1500 ACE)
Mitla. Materials like stones and mud, a lot of stepped terraces, the top of the buildings were decorated, also the walls were decorated with geometrical patterns. -
100 BCE
TOLTECS (100 BCE-1150 ACE)
Tula was laid out with limestone structures, flat roofs, terraces. A lot of horizontal platforms and great colonnade. -
100
TEOTIHUACAN (100 - 650)
Sun Pyramid: Adobe, stone covered with stucco, basalt, tezontle, talud -
1200
AZTECS (1200 - 1521)
Tenochtitlan: Squared and circular base pyramids, geometric designs, twin temples with double access through stairs