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      • Many of the distinctive elements of Mesoamerican civilization can be traced to this period, including the dominance of corn, the building of pyramids, human sacrifice, jaguar-worship, the complex calendar, and many of the gods.
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  2. Mesoamerican architecture, building traditions of the indigenous cultures in parts of Mexico and Central America before the 16th-century Spanish conquest. For the later tradition, see Latin American architecture. The idea of constructing temple- pyramids appears to have taken hold early.

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  3. Mesoamerican architecture is the set of architectural traditions produced by pre-Columbian cultures and civilizations of Mesoamerica, traditions which are best known in the form of public, ceremonial and urban monumental buildings and structures.

  4. Feb 17, 2015 · It flourished in Mesoamerica's Golden Age, the Classic Period of the first millennium CE. Dominated by two gigantic pyramids and a huge sacred avenue, the citys architecture , art, and religion would influence all subsequent Mesoamerican cultures.

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  5. Timeline. 7000 BCE - 2000 BCE. The Archaic Period in Mesoamerica during which hunter-gatherer culture moved toward agriculture . c. 2700 BCE. Corn is first cultivated in Mesoamerica. c. 1200 BCE. San Lorenzo becomes the great ceremonial centre of the Olmec civilization . c. 1200 BCE - c. 400 BCE. The Olmec civilization flourishes in Mesoamerica.

  6. Mesoamerican civilization, the complex of indigenous cultures that developed in parts of Mexico and Central America prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th century.

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  7. Pre-Columbian civilizations - Mesoamerica, Aztec, Maya: The term Mesoamerica denotes the part of Mexico and Central America that was civilized in pre-Spanish times. In many respects, the American Indians who inhabited Mesoamerica were the most advanced native peoples in the Western Hemisphere. The northern border of Mesoamerica runs west from a point on the Gulf coast of Mexico above the ...

  8. Jan 22, 2021 · Ancient Mesoamerica (modern-day Mexico and Central America) witnessed an extraordinary flourishing of cultures from the beginnings of the Olmec civilization around 1200 BCE, through the Maya civilization and on to the catastrophic fall of the Aztec civilization in the 16th century CE.

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