Ancient Culture of the Yucatan Peninsula

Although our guide will no doubt be offering their vast historical knowledge and sharing their research stories of their culture as we travel to the ancient Maya ruins on our excursion. I thought the tour might be a bit more insightful if I shared with you a snapshot view of the Mayan historical periods that I found on this website www.berclo.net.

What I particularly liked about this website was the easy read and layout. Plus as you explore the website you will find that the chart reference the archaeological sites we will be visiting with the Maya historical periods. And if you click on the ruin site we will be visiting, it will link you to more information & photos of the ruins. I'm not sure if the chart on this blog will link to the highlighted reference, so be sure you visit their website and start your exploration ... thanks "Berclo.net" for helping out a simple mind like mine, there's a lot of information here!

Maya Archaeological Sites
Period		Southern Area	Central Area	Northern Area	Non Maya Areas
Pre-classic	Early, 2000 to 1000 BC	Ocós La Victoria	Cuello	Balamku Mani	La Venta (Olmec) San Lorenzo (Olmec)
	Middle, 1000 to 300 BC	Kaminaljuyú.	Seibal Uaxactún	Altun Ha Dzibilchaltún	Chiapa de Corzo Izapa Tres Zapotes (Olmec)
	Late, 300 to 250 AD	Abaj Takalik El Baul	El Mirador	Chakanbakán El Rey Lamanai	Monte Alban (Zapotec)
Classic	Early, 250 to 550 AD		Calakmul Copán Tikal Yaxchilán Yaxhá	Becán Caracol Cobá Edzná Izamal	Teotihuacán
	Late, 550 to 800 AD	Zaculeu	Altar de Sacrificios Bonampak Palenque Piedras Negras Quiriguá Toniná	Kabáh Labná Sayil Río Bec Uxmal Xlapak
	Terminal, 800 to 1000 AD		Seibal	Ek Balam	Tula (Toltec)
Post-classic	Early, 1000 to 1250	San Andrés Tazumal	Topoxte	Chichén Itzá
	Late, 1250 to 1525	Iximché Mixco Viejo		Mayapán Tulum	Tenochtitlán (Aztec)