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TEOTIHUACAN
- Dates: 200 BCE to 7th Century
- Period: Classic
- Culture: Unknown/Totonac?
- Geographic area: Mexico
- Population: 125,000
- Construction type: Talud-tablero
- Main monuments:
- - Temple of the Sun
- - Temple of the Moon
- - Citadel
- - Temple of the Feathered Serpent
- Decorative Elements Found:
- - Murals
- - Skull/jaw adornments
- - Sculpture
- Layout: grid, 15.5 degrees east
- Important myth: Cave underneath
- * falls because they ran out of resources, they were burned making sure no one else would live there again
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LA VENTA
- Dates: 1200 BC until 4th Century
- Period: Middle Formative
- Culture: Olmec
- Geographic area: Tabasco, Mexico
- Population: 18,000
- Construction type: ceremonial center
- Main monuments:
- - Complex A + B
- - The Great Pyramid
- - Colossal heads
- Decorative elements found:
- - Mosaic pavements
- - Monument 19
- - Offering 4
- Layout: 8 degrees west
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MONTE ALBAN
- Dates: 500 BC - 750 AD
- Period: Middle Formative - Late Classic
- Culture: Zapotec
- Geographic area: Oaxaca, Mexico
- Population: 5200 (phase 1A), 17200 (phase 2)
- Construction type: Grid/axis, wall enclosures
- Main monuments:
- - North platform
- - South platform
- - Building J
- - Danzantes
- Decorative elements found:
- - Tomb 104 + 105
- Layout: 17 degrees north, Not very open, hard to navigate
- * More organic than Teotihuacan
- * Whole thing fits underneath Pyramid of the Sun
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TIKAL
- Dates: 4th century BC - 10th century AD
- Period: Classic
- Culture: Maya
- Geographic area: Northern Guatemala
- Population: 90,000 to 100,000 population
- Construction type:
- Main monuments:
- - Temple 1
- - Temple 2
- Decorative elements found:
- - Stela
- - Celts
- Layout: 8 degrees west of north, Alignment w temple 1 & 2
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