🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Chunchucmil
Early Classic · Maya (Northwest Yucatan)
Grided Classic metropolis (350–650 CE) on NW Yucatan desert — 79 quadrangles, 30k at 300/km² without cenote.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Monte Albán
Formative to Classic 500 BCE–850 CE (Monte Albán I–V; apogee IIIa 250–500 CE, IIIb–IV 500–850) · Zapotec (Beni Zaa); later Mixtec reuse
Zapotec capital on artificially levelled 400 m hilltop (6 km²) commanding Oaxaca Valley confluence: Main Plaza (300×150 m), South and North Platforms, Pyramid of the Dancers (Temple I) with Danzantes…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Cuicuilco — Pyramid Ancillary Ramp North (Mexico City)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Cuicuilco — Pyramid Ancillary Ramp North (Mexico City) in Mexico City, Cuicuilco, Mexico is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to O…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Río Bec Structure V-N Central Pyramid
Late Classic Maya, c.550-850 CE (Río Bec, Late Classic) · Maya (Río Bec)
Río Bec Group V Structure V-N central pyramid: 20×15 m base, 18 m high with false twin towers, steep stair (55°) to ornamented temple with Chaak masks and medial moulding.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Cobá
Preclassic to Postclassic 300 BCE–1450 CE (peak Classic 600–800, Terminal 800–1100) · Maya (eastern Lowlands, Sian Ka'an sphere)
Vast lowland Maya city of ~80 km² with ~6,500 structures linked by 16 white-road sacbeob (raised plaster causeways totalling 70 km, longest Sacbe 1 100 km to Yaxuná near Chichén Itzá, 10 m wide),…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Eastern Teotihuacan Hilltop West — Teotihuacan (56-46)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Eastern Teotihuacan Hilltop West — Teotihuacan (56-46) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Early Historic (regional) pyramid of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Xpujil Structure I Three-Temple Pyramid — Chenes
Late Classic Maya, c.500-800 CE (Río Bec, Late Classic) · Maya (Río Bec)
Xpujil Structure I: 19 m high Río Bec pyramid with three solid towers each bearing false temple with Chenés mask, atop unified base with 12 doorways leading to 12 rooms on two levels.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Calakmul Structure I Pyramid — Petén
Late Classic Maya, c.550-850 CE (Classic, Kaan dynasty) · Maya (Kaan / Snake Kingdom)
Calakmul Structure I (East Acropolis) inside Calakmul Biosphere: 45 m high pyramid (base 120×80 m) with acropolis palace summit, among largest Mundo Maya (comparable to Tikal Temple IV).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
El Tajín — Pyramid of Niches North Stair (Veracruz)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
El Tajín — Pyramid of Niches North Stair (Veracruz) in Veracruz, El Tajín, Mexico is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old King…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Megalith
Outer Teotihuacan Sanctuary East — Teotihuacan (56-04)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Outer Teotihuacan Sanctuary East — Teotihuacan (56-04) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Iron Age (regional) megalithic of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Royal Yucatan Platform West — Yucatan (55-49)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Royal Yucatan Platform West — Yucatan (55-49) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Early Historic (regional) ancient city of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 800 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Western Teotihuacan Enclosure West — Teotihuacan (56-37)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Western Teotihuacan Enclosure West — Teotihuacan (56-37) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Medieval (regional) pyramid of the Medieval tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for enclosure and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Little Teotihuacan Reservoir II — Teotihuacan (56-13)
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Little Teotihuacan Reservoir II — Teotihuacan (56-13) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Bronze Age (regional) pyramid of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 800 CE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Chacmultún Platform Pyramid (Puuc)
Late Classic (Puuc) · Maya (Puuc)
Puuc platform pyramid at Chacmultún — 10 m stepped platform with 4 palaces and painted red murals c.700 CE above Labná caves.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
El Meco (Bel'maan) Maya Port
Late Classic to Late Postclassic East Coast (600–1520 CE, peak 1200–1520) · Maya (East Coast – Cupul / Ecab)
Ancient Beel'maan port city (600–1520 CE, port apex 1200–1520) 8 km north of Cancún on Caribbean beach ridge: 14 structures around plaza dominated by El Castillo 12.5-m-high five-stage pyramid-temple…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Dzibanché
Early–Late Classic · Maya (Kaan–Chenés frontier)
First Kaan (Snake) capital (300–900 CE) — 28-m Kinichná Acropolis with wooden lintel inscriptions.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Little Teotihuacan Reservoir A — Teotihuacan (56-21)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Little Teotihuacan Reservoir A — Teotihuacan (56-21) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Iron Age (regional) pyramid of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Hormiguero
Late Classic (Chenés–Río Bec) · Maya (Chenés south)
Chenés-south hybrid center (c.600–900 CE) 22 km east of Xpujil, with Structure II Chenés monster-mouth façade 30 m long on pyramid base, Structure V palace and ballcourt. Looting 1...
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Western Yucatan Village North — Yucatan (55-19)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Western Yucatan Village North — Yucatan (55-19) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Classical (regional) temple complex of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 CE for village and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Calakmul — Structure II North Facade Mask (Campeche)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom; Maya
Calakmul — Structure II North Facade Mask (Campeche) in Campeche, Calakmul, Mexico is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old Kin…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Cantona Acropolis Pyramid (Terrace City)
Epiclassic (600–950 CE) · Olmeca-Xicalanca (?) / Cantona culture
Lava-field megacity Cantona Acropolis (600–1000 CE): 12 km² terraced pyramid city on basalt malpaís with 24 ballcourts, 500 causeways, 12 m Acropolis pyramid at 2550 m.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Earthwork
Central Yucatan Fortress East — Yucatan (55-07)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Central Yucatan Fortress East — Yucatan (55-07) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Neolithic (regional) earthwork of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Coatetelco
Late Postclassic (Aztec) · Aztec (Tlahuica)
Lakeside Aztec temple center (1200–1521 CE) on Lake Coatetelco — 8-m pyramid on island causeway.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Royal Yucatan Necropolis I — Yucatan (55-01)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Royal Yucatan Necropolis I — Yucatan (55-01) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Neolithic (regional) geoglyph of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for necropolis and associated settlement.