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statues: Tula Grande archaeological site The Castillo pyramid at Chichen Itza in Yucatan, Mexico, features broad stone steps rising to a small temple at the top, with a central staircase and grassy plaza in front. Olmec “colossal head” Map showing principal sites of Meso-American civilization, with the Mayan zone of influence shaded in green across southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and parts of Honduras and El Salvador. The map highlights major Mayan, Aztec, and other ancient sites, as well as the extent of the Aztec Empire in central Mexico, using color-coded symbols and labels for notable cities and archaeological locations.
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The caves of Qumran on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, in the West Bank. The site of the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were first discovered in 1947.
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Modified link of Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Mesoamerica. Oct 25, 2026
Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Mesoamerica. Jul 30, 2026
Add new Web site: Colorado Community College System Pressbooks - PPSC HIS 1110 – The World: Antiquity to 1500 CE - Early Civilizations of Mexico and Mesoamerica. Nov 06, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - Mesoamerica; the olmec civilization-A concise (PDF). Jun 18, 2025
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Mesoamerica, an introduction. Jan 13, 2025
Add new Web site: Arizona Museum of Natural History - Mesoamerica. Jul 19, 2024
Add new Web site: The History Files - The Mesoamerican Connection. Feb 03, 2024
Add new Web site: UNESCO - ELOSS - Mesoamerican Civilization: Pattern And Process. Sep 15, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Florida - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Users - Ancient Mesoamerican Civilization. Apr 27, 2023
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Mesoamerica, an introduction. Sep 20, 2022
Corrected display issue. May 11, 2020
Added a note that the early dating of the Valsequillo finds remains controversial. Jun 22, 2015
Date of earliest evidence of corn (maize) in Mesoamerica added, and other changes made. Apr 27, 2015
Added new Web site: Fotosearch - Mesoamerican Indian Period or Style Stock Photos and Images. Nov 16, 2007
Added new Web site: Fotosearch - Mesoamerican Indian Period or Style Stock Photos and Images. Nov 16, 2007
Article revised and updated. Nov 08, 2007
Article revised and updated. Sep 29, 2006
Added new Web site: Ancient Mesoamerica. May 11, 2006
Added new Web site: Ancient Mesoamerica. May 11, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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