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Meaning of "preclassic"
preclassic (adjective): Referring to or denoting the period prior to the classic stage in the development of a particular culture, typically ancient civilizations
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- Designating a formative period in Mesoamerican history, from 2000 BCE to 250 CE, during which large-scale ceremonial architecture, writing, cities and states developed.
- Designating a transformative period in Maya history from the beginning of permanent village life c. 1000 BC until the advent of the Classic Period c. 250 AD.
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Maya preclassic city.
Calakmul was already a large city in the Preclassic period.
A few Late Preclassic ceramic fragments were also recovered.
The first three phases date to the Preclassic.
This tour will take you to the preclassic archeological site of Uaxactun.
Linking us in turn to the epigraphy and iconography of Preclassic sculpture.
It dates to the Middle Preclassic and has been excavated.
The site center has yielded large quantities of middle Preclassic ceramics.
By the Early Preclassic the city had a sizeable population.
The earliest examples date to the Preclassic period.
Preclassic ceramic fragments were found inside the Cueva de Sangre.
Their precise function is unknown but they appear to date from the Late Preclassic.
Also known as the Preclassic era.
Later in the Preclassic the site was settled by Maya peoples.
The most massive structures ever erected by the Maya were built during the Preclassic period.
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It was built in the Late Preclassic and was reused in the Postclassic.
It is believed to date to the Middle Preclassic.
Occupation at the site dates to the Preclassic and Classic periods of Mesoamerican chronology.
This architectural form dates it to the Late Preclassic.
During the Preclassic period.
It has produced ceramics dated to the Late Preclassic.
The Preclassic building.
This is true in general for all Preclassic Maya writing.
The Preclassic occupation.
The population appears to have grown in the Late Preclassic period.
A Late Preclassic tomb has been excavated, believed to be a royal burial.
Various structures in this area have been dated to the Late Preclassic.
Mesoamerican chronology the Preclassic or Formative.
The northern lowlands of Yucatán were widely settled by the Middle Preclassic.
The site possesses several pyramids dating to the Late Preclassic period and the Classic period.
Monument 66 is a local style sculpture of a crocodilian head that may date to the Middle Preclassic.
Possibly the Preclassic.
At Takalik Abaj the potbelly style monuments all date to the Late Preclassic.
According to archaeological evidence, the middle preclassic period did not have an increase in population.
Takalik Abaj was first occupied at the end of the Early Preclassic period.
Monument 1 dates to the Middle Preclassic and is distinctively Olmec in style.
It is generally unclear when the Archaic period ends and the Preclassic begins.
The Preclassic Maya experienced a similar collapse in the 2nd century.
It is the largest ceremonial complex dating from the Preclassic period at Tikal.
Although Preclassic remains were relatively scarce, by the Early Classic period c.
Much of the Late Classic period acropolis was built upon earlier Preclassic structures.
The Late Preclassic royal tomb known as Burial 1 was found in its centre.
It was largely built during the Middle Preclassic.
From the Preclassic until the Postclassic period, it was the seat of a Mayan kingdom.
Its earliest phase dates to the Late Preclassic.
During the Middle Preclassic Period, small villages began to grow to form cities.
This monument probably dates to the Late Preclassic.
During the Preclassic period, Mesoamerican ceremonial centers were established by the Mokaya peoples.
Yaxchilan has its origins in the Preclassic Period.
Burial 85 dates to the Late Preclassic and was enclosed by a platform, with a primitive corbel vault.
