| Central Mexico | Oaxaca | Gulf Coast | West Mexico | Maya Highlands/ Pacific Coast |
Lowland Maya | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South | North | ||||||||
| 1519 to 1200 AD | Late Postclassic | Aztecs, Toltecs Tenochtitlan Tlaxcala Tula |
Mixtec Independent Kingdom | Aztecs | Tarascans | Maya Independent City-States Mixco Viejo, Iximche, Utatlan |
Tayasal(Itza) | Tulum Sta Rita Mayapan | |
| 1200 to 900 AD | Early Postclassic | Toltecs Xochicalco |
Mitla Yagul | Huastecs | Chichen Itza (Toltec Maya) |
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| 900 to 600 AD | Terminal Classic to Late Classic | Cacaxtla | Monte Alban IIIb | Calssic Veracruz Remojadas |
Cotzumalhuapa | Tepeu Late Classic Maya |
Puuc and Central Yucatan | ||
| 600 to 300 AD | Early Classic | Teotihuacan Phases I-IV | Monte Alban IIIa | Cerro del las Mesas | Ixtlan del Rio | Kaminaljuyu Escuintla |
Tzakol: Early Classic Maya |
Dzibilchaltun | |
| 300 to 0 AD | Proto Classic | Monte Alban II (until 150 BC) |
Chupicuaro | Izapa Kaminaljuyu |
Cerros | ||||
| 0 to 300 BC | Late Formative | Cuicuilco | (end Olmec culture) Tres Zapotes |
Colima | Abaj Takalik | ||||
| 300 to 600 BC | Middle Formative | Monte Alban I Dainzu |
La Venta | ||||||
| 600 to 900 BC | Middle and Early Formative | Tlatilco | San Lorenzo, then La Venta | ||||||
| 900 to 1500 BC | Early Formative | (begin Olmec culture)San Lorenzo | Xocipala Capacha |
Ocos | |||||
| Archaic | |||||||||
This chronology is taken after that from Mary Ellen Hiller, more info can be found in the references section.
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