Postclassic period of Mesoamerica

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archaeological period historical period

The Postclassic period of Mesoamerica was the final pre-Columbian era (roughly 900–1521 CE) marked by intensified warfare, long-distance trade, urban centers, and powerful states such as the Aztec Empire.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Postclassic Mesoamerica	23
Late Postclassic Mesoamerica	16
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica canonical	9
Postclassic Maya period	8
Postclassic period	6
Postclassic Maya	3
Late Postclassic period	2
Aztec Empire period	1
Aztec period	1
Early Postclassic period of Mesoamerica	1
Late Postclassic Maya period	1
Late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica	1
Maya Postclassic	1
Postclassic Maya culture	1
Postclassic Maya states	1
Postclassic period (Maya civilization)	1
Postclassic period (Mesoamerica)	1

Statements (103)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological period ⓘ historical period ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture	Aztecs ⓘ surface form: Aztec culture Mixtec civilization ⓘ surface form: Mixtec culture Postclassic period of Mesoamerica self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Postclassic Maya culture Tarascan (Purépecha) civilization ⓘ surface form: Tarascan culture Toltec civilization ⓘ surface form: Toltec culture
calendarSystem	260-day ritual calendar (Tonalpohualli / Tzolkʼin) ⓘ 365-day solar calendar (Xiuhpohualli / Haabʼ) ⓘ Calendar Round ⓘ Long Count use in some Maya regions ⓘ
characterizedBy	fortified sites ⓘ increased militarism ⓘ increased population mobility ⓘ intensified warfare ⓘ intensive market systems ⓘ international-style iconography ⓘ long-distance trade ⓘ powerful states ⓘ religious syncretism ⓘ urban centers ⓘ widespread use of metal objects ⓘ
culturalPractice	ballgame rituals ⓘ codex production ⓘ complex calendrical systems ⓘ human sacrifice ⓘ ritual warfare (xochiyaoyotl) ⓘ
dominantEthnicGroup	Maya peoples ⓘ Mixtec people ⓘ surface form: Mixtecs Nahua ⓘ surface form: Nahuas Purépecha people ⓘ surface form: Purépecha (Tarascans) Zapotecs ⓘ
dominantLanguage	Classical Nahuatl ⓘ Mixtec languages ⓘ Purépecha language ⓘ Yucatec Maya ⓘ Zapotec ⓘ surface form: Zapotec languages
dominantLanguageFamily	Uto-Aztecan ⓘ surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
economicActivity	chinampa farming in Central Mexico ⓘ intensive agriculture ⓘ long-distance pochteca trade ⓘ tribute collection ⓘ
endCause	Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
endTime	1521 CE ⓘ
followedBy	Spanish colonial period in Mesoamerica ⓘ
follows	Classic period in Mesoamerica ⓘ surface form: Classic period of Mesoamerica Epiclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
hasCapitalCity	Tenochtitlan ⓘ Tula (Tollan) ⓘ
hasImportantSite	Cacaxtla ⓘ surface form: Cacaxtla-Xochitécatl Cempoala ⓘ Chichén Itzá ⓘ Maya civilization ⓘ surface form: Mayapán Mitla ⓘ Texcoco ⓘ Tlacopan polity ⓘ surface form: Tlacopan Tzintzuntzan ⓘ
hasPart	Postclassic period of Mesoamerica self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Early Postclassic period of Mesoamerica Postclassic period of Mesoamerica self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
importantDeity	Huitzilopochtli ⓘ Itzamna ⓘ Kukulcán ⓘ surface form: Kʼukʼulkan Quetzalcoatl ⓘ Tezcatlipoca ⓘ Tlaloc ⓘ
locatedIn	Mesoamerica ⓘ
majorState	Aztec Empire ⓘ Itza polities of the Maya lowlands ⓘ Kaqchikel Maya kingdom ⓘ Quiché ⓘ surface form: Kʼicheʼ Maya kingdom Mixtec civilization ⓘ surface form: Mixtec polities Tarascan (Purépecha) civilization ⓘ surface form: Tarascan state of Michoacán Toltec state ⓘ Zapotec civilization ⓘ surface form: Zapotec polities of Oaxaca
notableAlliance	Aztec Empire ⓘ surface form: Aztec Triple Alliance
notableDocument	Books of Chilam Balam ⓘ Codex Borbonicus ⓘ Codex Borgia ⓘ Codex Mendoza ⓘ Codex Nuttall ⓘ Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I ⓘ Codex Nuttall ⓘ surface form: Codex Zouche-Nuttall
partOf	Mesoamerican chronology ⓘ
politicalStructure	city-states (altepetl) ⓘ confederations and alliances ⓘ tributary empires ⓘ
religion	Aztec mythology ⓘ surface form: Aztec religion Postclassic Maya religion ⓘ polytheistic religions ⓘ
startTime	Early Postclassic: circa 900–1200 CE ⓘ Late Postclassic: circa 1200–1521 CE ⓘ circa 900 CE ⓘ
tradeGood	cacao ⓘ copper bells and tools ⓘ cotton textiles ⓘ feathers ⓘ jade ⓘ obsidian ⓘ salt ⓘ turquoise ⓘ
writingSystem	Aztec pictographic writing ⓘ Mixtec codical writing ⓘ Postclassic Maya hieroglyphic writing ⓘ

Referenced by (77)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aztec Empire → partOf → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

Kʼawiil → worshippedBy → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic Maya

Tlaloc → worshipPeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic Mesoamerica

Mixtec civilization → flourished → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic Mesoamerica

Itzamna → worshipedIn → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic Maya period

Lake Texcoco → historicalPeriodOfImportance → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic Mesoamerica

Lake Texcoco → historicalPeriodOfImportance → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aztec Empire period

former Lake Zumpango → historicalPeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

subject surface form: Former Lake Zumpango

this entity surface form: Aztec period

Tulum → architecturalStyle → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maya Postclassic

Tairona → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic period

Tlacopan polity → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic Mesoamerica

Monolith of Tlaloc → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Postclassic Mesoamerica

Quiahuiztlán → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic Mesoamerica

Codex Boturini → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Postclassic Mesoamerica

tlatoani → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic Mesoamerica

Postclassic period of Mesoamerica → hasPart → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Postclassic period of Mesoamerica

Postclassic period of Mesoamerica → hasPart → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica

Postclassic period of Mesoamerica → archaeologicalCulture → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic Maya culture

Eagle warriors → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic Mesoamerica

calmecac → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

subject surface form: Calmecac

this entity surface form: Late Postclassic Mesoamerica

telpochcalli → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Late Postclassic Mesoamerica

Tenochtitlan palace → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic Mesoamerica

Guatimozín → era → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic Mesoamerica

Teotlalco → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Postclassic Mesoamerica

Itza Maya → partOf → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic Maya states

Moctezuma I → era → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Postclassic Mesoamerica

Matlatzinca culture → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic Mesoamerica

Acolhua → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

Tepanec → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

Tepanec → partOf → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Postclassic Mesoamerica

Tlatoani of Tlatelolco → locatedInTime → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic Mesoamerica

Maya royal headband (sak huun) → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic Maya period

Left-Handed Hummingbird → eraOfWorship → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

subject surface form: Huitzilopochtli

this entity surface form: Postclassic Mesoamerica

Ihuatzio → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic Mesoamerica

yácata pyramids → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

subject surface form: Yácata pyramids

this entity surface form: Late Postclassic period

cazonci → locatedInTime → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

Curicaueri → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Postclassic Mesoamerica

Coatlicue → timePeriodOfWorship → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Postclassic Mesoamerica

Classical Nahuatl → historicalPeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Postclassic Mesoamerica

Chalchiuhtlicue → worshipPeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic Mesoamerica

Ñuu Savi civilization → flourishedDuring → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

Codex Nuttall → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Postclassic Mesoamerica

Yucuñudahui → era → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Postclassic Mesoamerica

Classic period → followedBy → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

subject surface form: Classic period (Maya civilization)

this entity surface form: Postclassic period (Maya civilization)

Ix Chel → veneratedBy → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic Maya

Bacab deities → timePeriodOfWorship → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic Maya period

Aztec Warrior → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postclassic Mesoamerica

Tzintzuntzan → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Postclassic Mesoamerica

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Codex Selden → timePeriod → Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Postclassic Mesoamerica