Mesoamerica
Mesoamerica (literally, "central America and some of north america") is a geographical region. It begins from around the Tropic of Cancer in central Mexico and ends near Costa Rica. The term is especially used to mean the native peoples and cultures that were there before the Spanish took over that region. The cacao tree is native to this area.
Mesoamerica Media
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Cultural areas of Mesoamerica
- Proto Lencan Statue.jpg
Anthropomorphic figure from the Proto-Lencan culture found at Los Naranjos, Honduras. An example of Mesomerican art during the preclassic Period.
- Flickr - archer10 (Dennis) - Guatemala 1828 - La Danta at the Mayan site of El Mirador.jpg
El Mirador flourished from 600 BCE to 100 CE, and may have had a population of over 100,000.
- Puebla farmers.jpg
Landscape of the Mesoamerican highlands
- Yojoa Lake.jpg
Yojoa Lake in Honduras.
- Tikal mayan ruins 2009.jpg
Tikal is one of the largest archaeological sites, urban centers, and tourist attractions of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It is located in the archaeological region of the Petén Basin in what is now northern Guatemala.
- San Lorenzo Monument 3.jpg
Olmec Colossal Head No. 3 1200–900 BCE
- Piramide de la Luna 072006.jpg
Pyramid of the Moon viewed from atop of the Pyramid of the Sun.
- Xochicalco Serpiente Emplumada GR.jpg
Xochicalco, Temple of the Feathered Serpent, 650–900 CE
