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The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas. 2: 1– 43. ISBN 0-521-65204-9. Schryer, Frans S. (2000). "Native Peoples of Colonial Central Mexico since Independence". The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas. 2: 223– 273. ISBN 0-521-65204-9. Sharer, Robert J. (2000). "the Maya Highlands and the Adjacent ...
Map of Pre-Columbian states of Mexico just before the Spanish conquest. The pre-Columbian (or prehispanic) history of the territory now making up the country of Mexico is known through the work of archaeologists and epigraphers, and through the accounts of Spanish conquistadores, settlers and clergymen as well as the indigenous chroniclers of the immediate post-conquest period.
Indigenous peoples in western Mexico began to selectively breed maize (Zea mays) plants between 5,000 and 10,000 years ago. [6] The diet of ancient central and southern Mexico was varied, including domesticated corn (or maize ), squashes , beans, tomatoes, peppers, cassavas, pineapples, chocolate, and tobacco.
This word is composed of the two words ōlli, meaning "natural rubber", and mēcatl [ˈmeːkat͡ɬ], meaning "people". [5] [6] Early modern explorers and archaeologists, however, mistakenly applied the name "Olmec" to the rediscovered ruins and artifacts in the heartland decades before it was understood that these were not created by the people ...
The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas. 2: 187– 222. ISBN 0-521-65204-9. Coe, Michael D. (1996). Mexico: from the Olmecs to the Aztecs. New York: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-27722-2. Cowgill, George L. (2000). "The Central Mexican Highlands from the Rise of Teotihuacan to the Decline of Tula". The Cambridge History of ...
The Aztecs [a] (/ ˈ æ z t ɛ k s / AZ-teks) were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
During the government-sponsored event, 16 Indigenous ethnic groups and the Afro-Mexican community promote their traditions through public dances, parades and craft sales.
Arrival of Chichimec peoples who conquered Tula A Toltec-style clay vessel ( American Museum of Natural History ). The Toltec culture ( / ˈ t ɒ l t ɛ k / ) was a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture that ruled a state centered in Tula , Hidalgo , Mexico , during the Epiclassic and the early Post-Classic period of Mesoamerican chronology ...