Time Line of Ancient Mesoamerica

Range:

2000 b.c.e. to 0900 c.e.
  • 2000-1500 b.c.e.
    The Early Formative period of Mesoamerican culture begins. The Maya begin living in villages and cultivating corn and squash.
  • 1500 b.c.e.
    Early Mixtec peoples are farming in western Oaxaca.
  • 1200 b.c.e.
    The rise of Olmec culture begins near the southern Gulf coast of Mexico.
  • 1000 b.c.e.
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