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. The distinctive features… … Wikipedia
Mesoamerican chronology — divides the history of pre Columbian Mesoamerica into several periods: the Paleo Indian (first human habitation–3500 BCE), the Archaic (3500–2000), the Preclassic (2000 BCE–200 CE), the Classic (200 CE–1000CE), and the Postclassic (1000 CE–1697… … Wikipedia
MESOAMERICAN ARCHITECTURE — Mesoamerican architecture refers to the structures of the various cultures that existed in modern day Mexico and parts of Central America, including Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, and parts of Nicaragua. After the arrival of Hernán Cortés in… … Historical Dictionary of Architecture
Mesoamerican pyramids — Mesoamerican pyramids, pyramid shaped structures, are an important part of ancient Mesoamerican architecture. These structures were usually step pyramids with temples on top – more akin to the ziggurats of Mesopotamia than to the pyramids of… … Wikipedia
Mesoamerican creation myths — are the collection of creation myths attributed to, or documented for, the various cultures and civilizations of pre Columbian Mesoamerica. The Maya gods included Kukulkán (also known by the K iche name Gukumatz and the Aztec name Quetzalcoatl)… … Wikipedia
Mesoamerican languages — Maya glyphs in stucco at the Museo de sitio in Palenque, Mexico. An example of text in a Mesoamerican language written in an indigeous mesoamerican writing system Mesoamerican languages are the languages indigenous to the Mesoamerican cultural… … Wikipedia
Mesoamerican ballgame — Ballcourt at Monte Alban … Wikipedia
Mesoamerican Indian languages — Introduction also called Middle American Indian languages group of languages spoken in an area of the aboriginal New World that includes central and southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, parts of Honduras and Nicaragua, and… … Universalium
Mesoamerican calendars — Stelae 12 and 13 from Monte Alban, provisionally dated to 500 400 BCE, showing what is thought to be one of the earliest calendric representations in Mesoamerica.[1] Mesoamerican calendars are the calendrical systems devised and used by the pre… … Wikipedia
Mesoamerican Linguistic Area — The Mesoamerican Linguistic Area is a sprachbund containing many of the languages natively spoken in the cultural area of Mesoamerica. This sprachbund is defined by an array of syntactic, lexical and phonological traits as well as a number of… … Wikipedia
