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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.

Chalcatzingo painted art

Classic and Postclassic Chalcatzingo

State and society at Teotihuacan, Mexico

The Central Mexican Highlands from the rise of Teotihuacan to the decline of Tula

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Teotihuacán regional population administration in Eastern Morelos

Early state expansion in Central Mexico

Teotihuacan

Preclassic household patterns preserved under volcanic ash at Tetimpa, Puebla, Mexico

Author	Title	Publication Date
Apostolides, Alex	Chalcatzingo painted art	1987
Arana A., Raúl M.	Classic and Postclassic Chalcatzingo	1987
Cowgill, George L	State and society at Teotihuacan, Mexico	1997
Cowgill, George L	The Central Mexican Highlands from the rise of Teotihuacan to the decline of Tula	2000
Cowgill, George L.	Tradition Summary	2010
Hirth, Kenn	Teotihuacán regional population administration in Eastern Morelos	1978
Hirth, Kenn	Early state expansion in Central Mexico	1981
Millon, René	Teotihuacan	1981
Pasztory, Esther	Teotihuacan	1997
Plunket, Patricia Scarborough	Preclassic household patterns preserved under volcanic ash at Tetimpa, Puebla, Mexico	1998
Storey, Rebecca	Life and death in the ancient city of Teotihuacan	1992

Central Mexico Classic

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