🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Great Serpent Mound South
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Great Serpent Mound South in Yucatán, Mexico is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Pyramid of the Sun Annex — Cholula (Puebla)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Pyramid of the Sun Annex in Cholula, Mexico is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Xlapak South Group
Terminal Classic Puuc 800–1000 CE · Maya (Puuc)
Free-access Puuc site at Km Xlapak 20.17N -89.60W between Sayil (4 km west) and Labná (3 km east) within Puuc Hills valley.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Edzná
Maya Classic (Puuc) · Maya (Puuc/ Petén)
Edzná — hydraulic capital with Five Stories Pyramid.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Teopantecuanitlán — Balsas Olmec Center
Early–Middle Formative (1500–500 BCE) · Olmec (Guerrero Olmec)
Teopantecuanitlán — Balsas Olmec Center in Guerrero, Mexico is a Early–Middle Formative (1500–500 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Olmec (Guerrero Olmec).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
El Chanal Archaeological Zone — Colima
Postclassic–Epiclassic (800–1400 CE) · Western Mexico (Toltec influence?)
El Chanal Archaeological Zone — Colima in Colima, Mexico is a Postclassic–Epiclassic (800–1400 CE) ancient-city attributed to Western Mexico (Toltec influence?).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Mayapan
Late Postclassic (Mayapan) · Maya (Yucatán)
Mayapan — walled last Maya capital 1220–1440.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Tepantitla Compound — Teotihuacan
Classic Teotihuacan (250–550 CE) · Teotihuacan
Tepantitla Compound — Teotihuacan in Mexico State, Mexico is a Classic Teotihuacan (250–550 CE) ancient-city attributed to Teotihuacan.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Cuetlajuchitlán — Balsas Canyon City
Late Formative to Classic (800 BCE–300 CE) · Mezcala / Olmec derived
Cuetlajuchitlán — Balsas Canyon City in Guerrero, Mexico is a Late Formative to Classic (800 BCE–300 CE) ancient-city attributed to Mezcala / Olmec derived.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Huandacareo — La Nopalera
Postclassic Tarascan (1200–1528 CE) · Purépecha
Huandacareo — La Nopalera in Michoacán, Mexico is a Postclassic Tarascan (1200–1528 CE) ancient-city attributed to Purépecha.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Zacuala Palace — Teotihuacan
Classic (300–600 CE) · Teotihuacan
Zacuala Palace — Teotihuacan in Mexico State, Mexico is a Classic (300–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Teotihuacan. Priestly palace south-west of Moon Pyramid with colonnaded patios and murals.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Yayahuala Compound — Teotihuacan
Classic Teotihuacan (300–550 CE) · Teotihuacan
Yayahuala Compound — Teotihuacan in Mexico State, Mexico is a Classic Teotihuacan (300–550 CE) ancient-city attributed to Teotihuacan.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
La Ventilla Compound — Teotihuacan
Classic (350–550 CE) · Teotihuacan
La Ventilla Compound — Teotihuacan in Mexico State, Mexico is a Classic (350–550 CE) ancient-city attributed to Teotihuacan. Lapidary workshop compound with mica and obsidian debitage, 20 patios.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Tetitla Apartment — Teotihuacan
Classic (450–650 CE) · Teotihuacan
Tetitla Apartment — Teotihuacan in Mexico State, Mexico is a Classic (450–650 CE) ancient-city attributed to Teotihuacan. Apartment with eagles and jaguars murals, pulque gods and Tlaloc processions.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Queréndaro Acropolis — Zacapu
Postclassic (1250–1528 CE) · Purépecha
Queréndaro Acropolis — Zacapu in Michoacán, Mexico is a Postclassic (1250–1528 CE) ancient-city attributed to Purépecha. Mesa-top fortified city Malpaís of Zacapu with 20 pyramids on lava badlands.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Huntichmul East Complex
Terminal Classic Puuc 800–1050 CE · Maya (Puuc)
Huntichmul East Complex north of Puuc Route: 70 m long vaulted palace with Puuc junquillo columns, sacbe linking to Sayil Group 2 km west. Mapped by Pollock 1980; 8 mounds remain unexcavated.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Bronze Age Ancient City — Hidalgo Annex 432
Bronze Age · Bronze Age
Bronze Age ancient-city at Hidalgo.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Neolithic Ancient City — Hidalgo Annex 398
Neolithic · Neolithic
Neolithic ancient-city at Hidalgo.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Harappan Ancient City — Hidalgo Annex 385
Harappan · Harappan
Harappan ancient-city at Hidalgo.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Harappan Ancient City — Hidalgo Annex 411
Harappan · Harappan
Harappan ancient-city at Hidalgo.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Paquimé-Casas Grandes Annex — House of the Macaws
Paquimé Phase (1200–1400 CE) Medio period · Casas Grandes (Paquimé) Mogollon
Chihuahua Paquimé excavated by Di Peso 1958–61, Medio period 1200–1400, macaw pens and cast turquoise.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Cacaxtla-Xochitécatl Archaeological Zone
Epiclassic 650–900 CE · Olmeca-Xicalanca
Epiclassic painted citadel Battle Mural 22 m, 700–800 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
La Quemada Archaeological Zone
Classic–Epiclassic 350–900 CE · Northern Mesoamerican frontier
Northern hill fortress Salón de Columnas, 350–900 CE, Chicomóztoc candidate.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Tzintzuntzan Archaeological Zone (Las Yácatas)
Late Postclassic 1350–1530 CE · Purépecha (Tarascan)
Five yácatas on 425 m platform, Tarascan capital 1350–1530 CE.