Central Mexico Classic

Middle America and the Caribbeanintensive agriculturalists
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The Central Mexico Classic tradition was found in the entire basin of Mexico and included parts of the states of Hidalgo, Tlaxcala, Puebla, and Morelos from circa 2150-1350 BP (150 BC-AD 650). The tradition mostly consists of the city and probable colonies of the state of Teotihuacan. The state had a permanent military, probably controlled the distribution of Thin Orange Ware to other elites in Mesoamerica, and had a system of writing. At one time the city of Teotihuacan consisted of as many as 100,000 people with almost all living within multi-apartment compounds. The city contained marketplaces. Their religion included human sacrifice and probably much pageantry.

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Region
  • Middle America and the Caribbean
Subregion
  • Central Mexico
Subsistence Type
  • intensive agriculturalists
Countries
  • Mexico